1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910457514103321

Autore

Caplan David <1969->

Titolo

Questions of possibility [[electronic resource] ] : contemporary poetry and poetic form / / David Caplan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, c2005

ISBN

0-19-971840-7

0-19-531325-9

0-19-534700-5

1-280-53447-8

1-4237-5663-0

1-60256-903-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (176 p.)

Disciplina

811/.509

Soggetti

American poetry - 20th century - History and criticism

American poetry - 21st century - History and criticism

English language - Versification

Literary form

Poetics

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction: On Claimed Verse Forms; 1. "The Age of the Sestina"; 2. "In that Thicket of Bitter Roots": The Ghazal in America; 3. When a Form Comes Out of the Closet; 4. Why Not the Heroic Couplet?; 5. On the Contemporary Ballad; Conclusion: Prosody after the Poetry Wars; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Examines the particular forms that contemporary American poets favor and those they neglect. The poets' choices reveal both their ambitions and their limitations, the possibilities they discover, and the traditions they find unimaginable. The poetic forms discussed include: the sestina, ghazal, love sonnet, ballad, and heroic couplet.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910149170003321

Autore

O'Kane Brian

Titolo

Finding business ideas / / Brian O'Kane

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cork, Ireland : , : NuBooks, , 2011

©2011

ISBN

1-84621-046-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (33 p.)

Disciplina

658.11

Soggetti

New business enterprises

Small business

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

INTRODUCTION; COPYING IDEAS; CREATING IDEAS; FIND A GROWING SECTOR; START, BUY OR FRANCHISE?; WHAT KIND OF BUSINESS?; ABOUT THE AUTHOR: BRIAN O'KANE; OAK TREE PRESS

Sommario/riassunto

Finding an idea often is the hardest thing about starting a business. This guide shows you how to do so, how to decide what kind of business it will be and how to choose between starting, buying and franchising a business.