Project Gutenberg 2022-05-13 Public domain in the USA. 242 Shairp, John Campbell 1819 1885 Shairp, Principal Shairp, J. C. (John Campbell) On poetic interpretation of nature $aUnited States :$bHoughton, Mifflin,$c1900. The sources of poetry -- The poetic feeling awakened by the world of nature -- Poetic and scientific wonder -- Will science put out poetry? -- How far science may modify poetry -- The mystical side of nature -- Primeval imagination working on nature: Language and mythology -- Some of the ways in which poets deal with nature -- Nature in Hebrew poetry, and in Homer -- Nature in Lucretius and Virgil -- Nature in Chaucer, Shakespeare, and Milton -- Return to nature begun by Allan Ramsay and Thomson -- Nature in Collins, Gray, Goldsmith, Cowper, and Burns -- Wordsworth as an interpreter of nature. Bryan Ness and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "On Poetic Interpretation of Nature" by John Campbell Shairp is a philosophical work written in the late 19th century. The book explores the relationship between human imagination and the natural world, emphasizing how poetry serves to express the profound beauty and truths found in nature. It seeks to highlight that the understanding of nature is not wholly confined to scientific explanations but also encompasses deeper emotional and aesthetic experiences that only poetry can articulate. The opening of the work introduces the author's intent, outlining the origins of the book as a series of lectures aimed at a general audience, particularly the youth. Shairp discusses the importance of acknowledging both the contributions of physical sciences and the emotional, imaginative responses of humanity to the natural world. He posits that while science can explain various phenomena, it is poetry that truly captures the essence of beauty in nature and the profound connection it has with the human spirit. By exploring this idea, Shairp invites readers to appreciate nature not just as a scientific subject, but as an emotional and poetic experience, one that enriches our understanding of existence itself. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20070916150531shairp 1900 US Reading ease score: 57.2 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Poetry -- History and criticism Nature in literature PN Text Category: Poetry Category: Philosophy & Ethics 494561 2025-07-27T05:48:05.207863 text/html 476433 2024-10-18T21:55:46 text/html 470961 2025-07-27T05:48:12.897870 application/epub+zip 472180 2025-07-27T05:48:06.843908 application/epub+zip 293362 2025-07-27T05:48:06.009915 application/epub+zip 713947 2025-07-27T05:48:17.156825 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 669368 2025-07-27T05:48:12.213854 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 528315 2022-09-30T16:31:23.002409 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 412986 2025-07-27T05:48:04.357875 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 392974 2024-10-18T21:55:46 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17457 2025-07-27T05:48:17.329813 application/rdf+xml 11387 2025-07-27T05:48:06.270876 image/jpeg 2015 2025-07-27T05:48:06.139867 image/jpeg 472663 2025-07-27T05:48:05.254884 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia