LEADER 03037nam 2200793Ia 450 001 9910784574903321 005 20230617001516.0 010 $a0-19-772575-9 010 $a0-19-971840-7 010 $a0-19-531325-9 010 $a0-19-534700-5 010 $a1-280-53447-8 010 $a1-4237-5663-0 010 $a1-60256-903-7 035 $a(CKB)1000000000362973 035 $a(EBL)279643 035 $a(OCoLC)476023025 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000231654 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11190988 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000231654 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10208987 035 $a(PQKB)10673007 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001038917 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12452006 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001038917 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11056736 035 $a(PQKB)11763616 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL279643 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10279448 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL53447 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL2033554 035 $a(OCoLC)958511589 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC279643 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000362973 100 $a20040203d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aQuestions of possibility$b[electronic resource] $econtemporary poetry and poetic form /$fDavid Caplan 210 $aNew York $cOxford University Press$dc2005 215 $a1 online resource (176 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-516958-1 311 $a0-19-516957-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; 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 330 $aExamines 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. 606 $aAmerican poetry$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aAmerican poetry$y21st century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aEnglish language$xVersification 606 $aLiterary form 606 $aPoetics 615 0$aAmerican poetry$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aAmerican poetry$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aEnglish language$xVersification. 615 0$aLiterary form. 615 0$aPoetics. 676 $a811/.509 700 $aCaplan$b David$f1969-$01531410 701 $aCaplan$b David$f1947-.$01584294 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910784574903321 996 $aQuestions of possibility$93867967 997 $aUNINA