Author: James Fenton
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141944234
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
James Fenton's An Introduction to English Poetry offers a master class for both the reader and writer of poetry. Simply and elegantly written and discussing the work of poets as wide ranging as W. H. Auden, Dylan Thomas, Tennyson, Kipling, Milton and Blake, it covers all varieties of poetic practice in English. 'It is hard to imagine a beginner who could not learn from [this book]. If you know a young poet, give them this' The Times Literary Supplement
An Introduction to English Poetry
Author: James Fenton
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141944234
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
James Fenton's An Introduction to English Poetry offers a master class for both the reader and writer of poetry. Simply and elegantly written and discussing the work of poets as wide ranging as W. H. Auden, Dylan Thomas, Tennyson, Kipling, Milton and Blake, it covers all varieties of poetic practice in English. 'It is hard to imagine a beginner who could not learn from [this book]. If you know a young poet, give them this' The Times Literary Supplement
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141944234
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
James Fenton's An Introduction to English Poetry offers a master class for both the reader and writer of poetry. Simply and elegantly written and discussing the work of poets as wide ranging as W. H. Auden, Dylan Thomas, Tennyson, Kipling, Milton and Blake, it covers all varieties of poetic practice in English. 'It is hard to imagine a beginner who could not learn from [this book]. If you know a young poet, give them this' The Times Literary Supplement
The Cambridge Introduction to Eighteenth-Century Poetry
Author: John Sitter
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139502468
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
For readers daunted by the formal structures and rhetorical sophistication of eighteenth-century English poetry, this introduction by John Sitter brings the techniques and the major poets of the period 1700–1785 triumphantly to life. Sitter begins by offering a guide to poetic forms ranging from heroic couplets to blank verse, then demonstrates how skilfully male and female poets of the period used them as vehicles for imaginative experience, feelings and ideas. He then provides detailed analyses of individual works by poets from Finch, Swift and Pope, to Gray, Cowper and Barbauld. An approachable introduction to English poetry and major poets of the eighteenth century, this book provides a grounding in poetic analysis useful to students and general readers of literature.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139502468
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
For readers daunted by the formal structures and rhetorical sophistication of eighteenth-century English poetry, this introduction by John Sitter brings the techniques and the major poets of the period 1700–1785 triumphantly to life. Sitter begins by offering a guide to poetic forms ranging from heroic couplets to blank verse, then demonstrates how skilfully male and female poets of the period used them as vehicles for imaginative experience, feelings and ideas. He then provides detailed analyses of individual works by poets from Finch, Swift and Pope, to Gray, Cowper and Barbauld. An approachable introduction to English poetry and major poets of the eighteenth century, this book provides a grounding in poetic analysis useful to students and general readers of literature.
Meter and Meaning
Author: Thomas Carper
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780415311748
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Table of contents
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780415311748
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Table of contents
An Introduction to English Poetry
Author: James Fenton
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0374528896
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 151
Book Description
An introduction to poetry makes use of prisoner's work songs, Broadway show tunes, and the cries of street vendors to introduce readers to the rhythms of poetry.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0374528896
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 151
Book Description
An introduction to poetry makes use of prisoner's work songs, Broadway show tunes, and the cries of street vendors to introduce readers to the rhythms of poetry.
Poetry in English
Author: Charles Laurence Barber
Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Press
ISBN:
Category : American poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Press
ISBN:
Category : American poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
An Introduction to Poetry in English
Author: Eric Doumerc
Publisher: Presses Univ. du Mirail
ISBN: 9782858169214
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Publisher: Presses Univ. du Mirail
ISBN: 9782858169214
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
The Rhythms of English Poetry
Author: Derek Attridge
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317869516
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
Examines the way in which poetry in English makes use of rhythm. The author argues that there are three major influences which determine the verse-forms used in any language: the natural rhythm of the spoken language itself; the properties of rhythmic form; and the metrical conventions which have grown up within the literary tradition. He investigates these in order to explain the forms of English verse, and to show how rhythm and metre work as an essential part of the reader's experience of poetry.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317869516
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
Examines the way in which poetry in English makes use of rhythm. The author argues that there are three major influences which determine the verse-forms used in any language: the natural rhythm of the spoken language itself; the properties of rhythmic form; and the metrical conventions which have grown up within the literary tradition. He investigates these in order to explain the forms of English verse, and to show how rhythm and metre work as an essential part of the reader's experience of poetry.
Understanding Poetry
Author: Helen Doss
Publisher: Cognella Academic Publishing
ISBN: 9781516592265
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Understanding Poetry: An Introduction provides students with strategies for reading, analyzing, and writing about poetry in ways that reveal the nature, purpose, and process of poetry. The book encourages students to search for meanings with poems across multiple traditions, from the 12th to the 21st centuries. The text begins with a chapter that examines the process and purpose of literary analysis. Later chapters explore explicit and implicit meaning, the construction of rhyme, word order, and syntax, and the use of repetition, contradiction, paradox, and juxtaposition within poetry. Students learn the ways in which context, significance, and genre factor into the understanding and enjoyment of the art form. They consider form, meter, and meaning, and learn the ways critical perspectives can contribute to interpretation and analysis of a variety of poems. Closing chapters serve as casebooks, which provide robust coverage of haiku, sonnets, and epic poetry. Throughout, students read historical and contemporary works by leading poets and take part in assignments that sharpen their critical and creative skills. A comprehensive exploration of the form, Understanding Poetry is an ideal resource for courses in English literature and literary analysis.
Publisher: Cognella Academic Publishing
ISBN: 9781516592265
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Understanding Poetry: An Introduction provides students with strategies for reading, analyzing, and writing about poetry in ways that reveal the nature, purpose, and process of poetry. The book encourages students to search for meanings with poems across multiple traditions, from the 12th to the 21st centuries. The text begins with a chapter that examines the process and purpose of literary analysis. Later chapters explore explicit and implicit meaning, the construction of rhyme, word order, and syntax, and the use of repetition, contradiction, paradox, and juxtaposition within poetry. Students learn the ways in which context, significance, and genre factor into the understanding and enjoyment of the art form. They consider form, meter, and meaning, and learn the ways critical perspectives can contribute to interpretation and analysis of a variety of poems. Closing chapters serve as casebooks, which provide robust coverage of haiku, sonnets, and epic poetry. Throughout, students read historical and contemporary works by leading poets and take part in assignments that sharpen their critical and creative skills. A comprehensive exploration of the form, Understanding Poetry is an ideal resource for courses in English literature and literary analysis.
English Poetry
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
Early Modern English Poetry
Author: Patrick Cheney
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
Category : English poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
This text features 28 essays written by important international scholars on the major poems of the English Renaissance. It offers scholarship on subjects ranging from the invention of English verse, Petrarchism, pastoral, elegy, and satire, to women's religious verse, the place of homoeroticism and Cavalier poetry.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
Category : English poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
This text features 28 essays written by important international scholars on the major poems of the English Renaissance. It offers scholarship on subjects ranging from the invention of English verse, Petrarchism, pastoral, elegy, and satire, to women's religious verse, the place of homoeroticism and Cavalier poetry.