C. Day-Lewis was a major figure in British poetry and culture from the 1930s until his death in 1972. The Golden Bridle: Selected Prose takes its title from the myth of Bellerophon and the golden bridle of Pegasus, which Day-Lewis invoked on several occasions as a metaphor for the creative process. Day-Lewis as poet is, then, the organizing idea of this anthology, and the selections indicate the scope and range of his vital engagement with English life and letters. Organised into four parts, the volume illustrates Day-Lewis's reflections on the role and function of poetry in society and culture; the creative process and the workings of the imagination as well as the nature of poetic truth and its relation to science; poets who were of particular importance to Day-Lewis; and the poetic process in relation to the composition of several of his own poems. The notes indicate the particular source, circumstances, and central issues of each piece, to provide a brief intellectual biography and critical account of this eminent poet's development and standing.

An Irish quarterly review.

Includes, beginning Sept. 15, 1954 (and on the 15th of each month, Sept.-May) a special section: School library journal, ISSN 0000-0035, (called Junior libraries, 1954-May 1961). Issued also separately.

"Our subject being literature" -- [1.] Approaches: Art as misrepresentation: Plato, The republic (from Book X) -- Art as imitation: Aristotle, On the art of fiction (Poetics, complete) -- Art as expression: John Stuart Mill, What is poetry? -- Art as knowledge: C. Day Lewis, The poet's way of knowledge -- [2.] Genres: 1. Fiction: Scope of the novelist: Henry James, The art of fiction -- Function of detail: Sean O'Faolain, On convention -- 2. Drama: Dramatic types: Northrop Frye, Specific forms of drama.