Let me post it all again in a larger print: I suppose it has to do with Eliot and Richards holding opposing views on literature, science, and dogma vis-a-vis Dante. Possibly the debate had to do with Eliot’s 1927 essay in The Dial titled Literature, Science, and Dogma. As well as Richards’ ‘Science and Poetry’ (1926, 1935). CR On Thu, Apr 19, 2018 at 7:50 PM Chanan Mittal <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > As well as Richards’ ‘Science and Poetry’ (1926, 1935). > > > CR > > On Thu, Apr 19, 2018 at 6:45 PM Chanan Mittal <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> Possibly the debate had to do with Eliot’s 1927 essay in The Dial titled >> Literature, Science, and Dogma. >> >> CR >> >> On Thu, Apr 19, 2018 at 6:36 PM Chanan Mittal <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> >>> Carrol, >>> >>> I suppose it has to do with Eliot and Richards holding opposing views on >>> literature, science, and dogma vis-a-vis Dante. >>> >>> Please peruse: >>> >>> Literature, Science, and Dogma: T. S. Eliot and I. A. Richards on Dante >>> - Dominic Manganiello, 1993 >>> >>> http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/014833319304300106 >>> >>> CR >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Apr 19, 2018 at 4:56 PM Cox, Carrol <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >>> >>>> I vaguely remember this from around 65 years ago, in a t ext >>>> referencing some years earlier. I.A. Richards, as I remember, had listed a >>>> few things that one should contemplate, and one of those items was >>>> considering the immense magnitude of the galaxies, or something like that. >>>> And Eliot responded with some sort of sneer. Obviously I'm pretty vague on >>>> this. Can anyone give more information? >>>> >>>> Carrol >>>> >>>