C. Day-Lewis

C. Day-Lewis was a major figure in British poetry and culture from the 1930s until his death in 1972. <em>The Golden Bridle: Selected Prose </em>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<br>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. <p/>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<br>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.<br>