Reading poetry : an introduction / Tom Furniss, Michael Bath.
Reading poetry : an introduction / Tom Furniss, Michael Bath.
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London ; New York : Prentice Hall : Harvester Wheatsheaf, 1996.
Date
1996.
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N808.1/287
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English
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xiii, 427 p.
Contents
Pt. 1. Formal Introduction. 1. What Is Poetry? How Do We Read It? 2. Rhythm and Metre. 3. Significant Form: Metre and Syntax. 4. Creative Form and the Arbitrary Nature of Language -- Pt. 2. Textual Strategies. 5. Figurative Language. 6. Poetic Metaphor. 7. Hearing Voices in Poetic Texts. 8. Tone and...
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Publisher
London ; New York : Prentice Hall : Harvester Wheatsheaf, 1996.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
1996.
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Summary
Features a unique combination of theory and practice unprecedented in an undergraduate textbook, arguments and discussions supported by analytic examples and case studies, chapter-end exercises to help develop critical analysis, and well-known 'canonical' poems placed alongside the poetry of marginalised groups to exemplify the different meaning an...
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Reading poetry : an introduction / Tom Furniss, Michael Bath.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.
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N808.1/287
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74VvZy8dmNEZ
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0133552985 (pbk : alk. paper)
9780133552980 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0133552985 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780133552980 (pbk : alk. paper)
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808.1
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991004758789702626
