Frontmatter -- IVOR ARMSTRONG RICHARDS -- FOREWORD -- EDITORIAL NOTE -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- KEY TO META-SEMANTIC MARKERS -- 1. FACTORS AND FUNCTIONS IN LINGUISTICS -- 2. POWERS AND LIMITS OF SIGNS -- 3. LINGUISTICS INTO POETICS -- 4. "THE PHOENIX AND THE TURTLE' -- 5. REVERSALS IN POETRY -- 6. THE INTERINANIMATIONS OF WORDS -- 7. "THE EXSTASIE" -- 8. "THE GARDEN" -- 9. COLERIDGE'S OTHER POEMS -- 10. THE VULNERABLE POET AND THE FRIEND -- 11. POETRY AS PAIDEIA -- 12. LITERATURE FOR THE UNLETTERED -- 13. SOURCES OF OUR COMMON AIM -- 14. POETRY AS AN INSTRUMENT OF RESEARCH -- 15. WHAT IS SAYING? -- 16. WHAT IS BELIEF? -- 17. THE EVER-NEW DISCOVERY -- INDEX