The language poets use / Winifred Nowottny.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nowottny, Winifred.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poetry.

Literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 225 pages)

Edition:

Second impression with corrections.

Place of Publication:

London : Athlone Press, 1965.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Mrs Nowottny's chief aim in this 'valuable book which could serve as a useful introduction to practical criticism' is to inquire what it is that makes the language of poetry poetic. The book grows out of the leading trends today in ideas about language and the way is works but to the maters discussed Mrs. Nowottny brings a keen mind of her won and considerable powers as a literary critic. Stressing the continuity of poetry with other uses of language she shows how under the control of the poet's purpose everyday language contributes to the achievement of the most complex and profound effects,

Contents:

Contents; I. Elements of Poetic Language; II. Diction; III. Metaphor; IV. Metaphor and Poetic Structure; V. Language in 'Artificial' Forms; VI. Schematization and Abstraction; VII. Ambiguity; VIII. Symbolism and Obscurity; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9786611783495

9781281783493

1281783498

9780567443267

0567443264

OCLC:

271486087