Reading poetry
by Barry, Peter
This book is about reading and studying poetry. Using fully-worked examples and complete poems wherever possible, it shows all the key elements of poetry 'at work' in poems.
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- Full title :Reading poetry / Peter Barry.
Summary
This book is about reading and studying poetry. Using fully-worked examples and complete poems wherever possible, it shows all the key elements of poetry 'at work' in poems.
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- Publication Date:©2013
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Manchester University Press
- Place of Publication:Manchester
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2013
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781526111777, 1526111772
- oclc:ocn953030312
- LC Classification:PN1111
- Dewey Decimal:809.1
Table of Contents
READING POETRY; Half Title Page; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Preface. About this book; Acknowledgements; Introduction: 'One small step'; Part I. Reading the lines; 1. Meaning; 2. Imagery; 3. Diction; 4. Metre; 5. Form; Part II. Reading between the lines; 6. Close and distant reading; 7. Feeling and sentiment; 8. Text and context; 9. Poems and pictures; 10. Sequences and clusters; Part III. Reading beyond the lines; 11. Time and place; 12. Poetry with theory; 13. Minimalism and micro-poetry; 14. Concrete canticles; 15. Textual genesis; End-note; List of poems discussed
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