POETRY : a very short introduction.
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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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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OXFORD UNIV Press,
2019.
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| Series: | Very short introductions.
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| Online Access: | Oxford Very Short Introductions |
| Summary: | 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 been made for poetry than this-such as Shelley's that the poets 'are the unacknowledged legislators of the world', and that poetry is 'a higher truth'. 0In this Very Short Introduction, Bernard O'Donoghue provides a fascinating look at the many different forms of writing which have been called 'poetry'-from the Greeks to the present day. As well as questioning what poetry is, he asks what poetry is for, and considers contemporary debates on its value. Is there a universality to poetry? And does it have a duty of public utility and responsibility? 0. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource : illustrations. |
| ISBN: | 0191851833 0199229112 9780191851834 9780199229116 |