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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818541503321

Autore

Barry Peter <1947->

Titolo

Reading poetry / / Peter Barry

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester, UK : , : Manchester University Press, , 2016

©2014

ISBN

1-5261-1176-4

1-5261-1177-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (232 pages) : digital file(s)

Disciplina

809.1

Soggetti

Poetry - History and criticism

Literature

Literary Studies: Poetry & Poets

LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry

Literary studies: poetry & poets

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

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

GlossaryFurther reading; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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