--- product_id: 5687072 title: "Poetic Diction: A Study in Meaning" brand: "owen barfieldhoward nemerov" price: "£27.22" currency: GBP in_stock: true reviews_count: 8 url: https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/5687072-poetic-diction-a-study-in-meaning store_origin: GB region: Great Britain --- # Poetic Diction: A Study in Meaning **Brand:** owen barfieldhoward nemerov **Price:** £27.22 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Poetic Diction: A Study in Meaning by owen barfieldhoward nemerov - **How much does it cost?** £27.22 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.co.uk](https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/5687072-poetic-diction-a-study-in-meaning) ## Best For - owen barfieldhoward nemerov enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted owen barfieldhoward nemerov brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Poetic Diction: A Study in Meaning ## Images ![Poetic Diction: A Study in Meaning - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81LffHD990L.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Owen Barfield's book Poetic Diction is truly an astonishing experience & realize how far ahead of it's time & STILL IS!! *by H***E on February 1, 2018* One who reads Poetic Diction from the vantage of this historical perspective is due for a truly astonishing experience. Barfield seems to anticipate the intellectual history of the more than sixty years which separate his book from us. He has fully synthesized literary and cognitive theory. At a stroke he rejuvenated and educated the romanticism of the early century. He explains how imagination discovers truth and formulates it into valid conceptual structures. He fully realizes that such a formulation implies the building and changing of those structures and accounts for this with “evolution of consciousness.” But the evolving mind in no sense creates the reality it perceives; it rather discovers what is implicit in “spiritual reality” through an act of imagination. The changing of language reflects exactly these shifting structures. Poetry allows us not merely to perceive this evolution abstractly but to relive it through our imaginations. The experience of poetry is not so much the proof of Barfield’s theory as it is the immediate perception of the reality he delineates. What Barfield presents as an essay on poetry is in fact a fully “diachronic” theory of human cognition. His contemporaries could not comprehend what he had done. They could not even perceive the problem he attempted to solve. We can see the problems very clearly indeed, but we as a culture have not fully considered Barfield’s contribution to their solution. Perhaps his voice sounds to us as though it comes from a rather distant and somewhat romantic past; it actually calls from a future of greater maturity and hope than we can recognize through the din of our adolescent loneliness and anger. If Barfield’s theory is correct, then he should expect to gain more listeners as we “mature.” The development of such schools as cognitive science, structuralism, phenomenology and deconstructionism, which all seem strangely consonant with Poetic Diction, is evidence that the times now may be Before the New Criticism: Barfield’s Poetic Diction in Context 29 better attuned than they were in 1928 to appreciate the intricate harmonies of Barfield’s thought. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Your ticket to another world *by A***R on April 11, 2024* I would say mythic, poetic diction. Brings together heart and mind ! A wonderful book. But in the words of Melville, “ not for the skimmer of pages” ! Every time I read it Poetic Diction reveals more of it’s depth. For me it will take a life time to attempt to digest this book and I will love every minute of it ! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ So If you Dare! *by R***R on August 14, 2013* there is a reason Owen Barfield was a member of the Inklings... this book proves his prowess in the theory of Poetic Diction. Who says new is better - in thought this is one of the best texts I have read on the theory of Poetry and why it matters! If you have more than the average interest in poetry this book is a must read... as well as a text every teacher should read (close reading a necessity or you will miss- interpret the author). I know I can hear John Ronald Reuel Tolkien saying "you must have had too much port... but it is true this is probably one of the best theory's of poetry I have read - just to warn you I was excited that I found the Elter Edda sagas and Younger Edda Sagas at a garage sale (translated and edited to English by another Oxford Scholar! --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/5687072-poetic-diction-a-study-in-meaning](https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/5687072-poetic-diction-a-study-in-meaning) --- *Product available on Desertcart Great Britain* *Store origin: GB* *Last updated: 2026-04-23*