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



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Autore: Caplan David <1969-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Questions of possibility [[electronic resource] ] : contemporary poetry and poetic form / / David Caplan Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New York, : Oxford University Press, c2005
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (176 p.)
Disciplina: 811/.509
Soggetto topico: American poetry - 20th century - History and criticism
American poetry - 21st century - History and criticism
English language - Versification
Literary form
Poetics
Altri autori: CaplanDavid <1947-.>  
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.
Titolo autorizzato: Questions of possibility  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-19-772575-9
0-19-971840-7
0-19-531325-9
0-19-534700-5
1-280-53447-8
1-4237-5663-0
1-60256-903-7
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910827620303321
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