A review by josiahdegraaf
Poetic Diction: A Study in Meaning by Owen Barfield

3.0

This was a fascinating little book that made me think a lot about different topics that I hadn't thought about all that much before. Because this field of literary studies is a relatively new field for me, I'm not sure how much I agree with his ideas (they all seemed to be pretty good ideas when I read it; but the first person to speak always sounds right until the second begins to speak), but they definitely provoked me to reflect on this more. I didn't read all of this book as thoroughly as I could, so some day I'd like to come back to this when I have more experience in this field and more time on my hands. Overall, this was a thought-provoking book with a lot of intriguing theories.

Rating: 3.5 Stars (Good).