"...[pieces of non-practical conversation] do not point outward to action in the world, to the control of experience...instead, they point inward to the self as it confronts the world - as it makes an assessment of the world. That is, we have feelings and attitudes concerning the world of action, jus"
"Man creates forms in order to grasp the world."
"The word for "bear" not only pointed in a disinterested fashion to a certain kind of creature,but also embodied "bearness"--the terror,awe,power,majesty,and other qualities associated with that creature."
"Slang is simply the bestard brother of poetry."
"poetry is concerned with the massiveness,the multidimensional quality, of experience."
"Literature is the most complicated language that man has invented for talking not only to others but to himself; or other, it is the language he has invented so that he may be himself."
新批评派认为'A poem must not mean/ But be' 即强调诗歌本身的价值,回归它的文本与结构。两位作者均为该流派代表人物,用文本细读法对几百首诗歌进行解读,提出的问题非常细,多关注image(意象), metaphor(隐喻), symbol(象征)。附录处理格律等技术性问题。美国文学系的教科书。要是附参考答案就好了。