03027nam 2200793Ia 450 991045751410332120211005080653.00-19-971840-70-19-531325-90-19-534700-51-280-53447-81-4237-5663-01-60256-903-7(CKB)1000000000362973(EBL)279643(OCoLC)476023025(SSID)ssj0000231654(PQKBManifestationID)11190988(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000231654(PQKBWorkID)10208987(PQKB)10673007(SSID)ssj0001038917(PQKBManifestationID)12452006(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001038917(PQKBWorkID)11056736(PQKB)11763616(MiAaPQ)EBC279643(Au-PeEL)EBL279643(CaPaEBR)ebr10279448(CaONFJC)MIL53447(MiAaPQ)EBC2033554(Au-PeEL)EBL2033554(OCoLC)958511589(EXLCZ)99100000000036297320040203d2005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrQuestions of possibility[electronic resource] contemporary poetry and poetic form /David CaplanNew York Oxford University Pressc20051 online resource (176 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-516958-1 0-19-516957-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; IndexExamines 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.American poetry20th centuryHistory and criticismAmerican poetry21st centuryHistory and criticismEnglish languageVersificationLiterary formPoeticsElectronic books.American poetryHistory and criticism.American poetryHistory and criticism.English languageVersification.Literary form.Poetics.811/.509Caplan David1969-963043MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910457514103321Questions of possibility2463596UNINA