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The poetry handbook : a guide to reading poetry for pleasure and practical criticism / John Lennard.
LIBRA PR502 .L38 1996
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lennard, John.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English poetry--History and criticism--Theory, etc--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- English poetry.
- Criticism--Authorship--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Criticism.
- Criticism--Authorship.
- Poetry--Explication--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Poetry.
- Poetry--Explication.
- Books and reading--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Books and reading.
- Poetics--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Poetics.
- Genre:
- Handbooks and manuals.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 219 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, [1996]
- Summary:
- The Poetry Handbook is a lucid and entertaining guide to the poet's craft, as well as an invaluable introduction to practical criticism for students. Chapters on each element of poetry, from metre to gender, offer a wide-ranging account and end by looking at the same poem, Nobel-winner Derek Walcott's 'Nearing Forty', building up a full technical reading.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 214-219)
- ISBN:
- 0198711549
- 0198711492
- OCLC:
- 34323143
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