Poetry : a very short introduction / Bernard O'Donoghue.
Poetry, arguably, has a greater range of conceptual meaning than perhaps any other term in English. At the most basic level everyone can recognise it-it is a kind of literature that uses special linguistic devices of organization and expression for aesthetic effect. However, far grander claims have...
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Oxford, United Kingdom :
Oxford University Press,
2019.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | Very short introductions ;
614. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- 1. Truths universally acknowledged
- 2. Poetry's areas of authority and application
- 3. The language of poetry and its particular devices
- 4. The kinds of poetry and their contexts
- 5. Poets and readers
- Conclusion.