Fundamentals of the art of poetry / Oscar Mandel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mandel, Oscar, 1926-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poetry--History and criticism.

Poetry.

Poetics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (352 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Sheffield : Sheffield Academic Press, c1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Fundamentals of the Art of Poetry takes the reader on a journey that sets out with a consideration of the various arts humankind has created, and then focuses on the special art of poetry: what poetry is, what it does and must do in order to 'succeed' for whom it does what it does, and, in detail, how it goes about doing what it tries to do. Twenty-two chapters deal with subjects like 'The Constituencies for Art', 'What Meaning Means', 'Acceptable and Unacceptable Propositions', 'The Right Word in the Right Place', 'The Sounds that Matter in Poetry', 'Energetic Metaphor: the Major Figure' and

Contents:

Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Overture to Four Audiences; Part I: ABOUT ART IN GENERAL; Part II: THE ART OF POETRY; Index of Quoted Texts

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786611784331

9781281784339

1281784338

9780567366986

0567366987

OCLC:

320325007