# The Literature of Ecstasy Author: Mordell, Albert, 1885-1965 Genre: Category: Poetry Language: English License: Public domain Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/35279 Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Literature+of+Ecstasy+Mordell&tag=cyberlibrar00-20 ## Summary From time immemorial it has been assumed that poetry is something which is caviare to the general public. A "poem" even to-day is supposed to be a literary composition that is in artificial language arranged in a metrical pattern, often conveying a trite idea or enshrining an ineffective image. Thousands of volumes and essays have been written on poetry, and instead of fathoming a true conception of its nature, they have dealt with the trappings and garments which clothe it; these indeed have often been confused with poetry itself. As a result, there has grown around the pathway leading to poetry an endless maze of shrubbery. The reader who has no knowledge of rules and laws relating to v... ## Chapters - [CHAPTER XII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-literature-of-ecstasy-35279/chapters/13/index.md) - [CHAPTER IX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-literature-of-ecstasy-35279/chapters/10/index.md) - [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-literature-of-ecstasy-35279/chapters/2/index.md) - [CHAPTER X](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-literature-of-ecstasy-35279/chapters/11/index.md) - [CHAPTER XI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-literature-of-ecstasy-35279/chapters/12/index.md) - [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-literature-of-ecstasy-35279/chapters/3/index.md) - [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-literature-of-ecstasy-35279/chapters/5/index.md) - [CHAPTER VII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-literature-of-ecstasy-35279/chapters/8/index.md) - [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-literature-of-ecstasy-35279/chapters/6/index.md) - [vivid. He does not say that the prose writer may not also be a poet if](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-literature-of-ecstasy-35279/chapters/4/index.md) - [CHAPTER VIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-literature-of-ecstasy-35279/chapters/9/index.md) - [CHAPTER VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-literature-of-ecstasy-35279/chapters/7/index.md) - [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-literature-of-ecstasy-35279/chapters/1/index.md)