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Questions of possibility : contemporary poetry and poetic form / David Caplan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Caplan, David, 1969- author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American poetry--20th century--History and criticism.
- American poetry.
- American poetry--21st century--History and criticism.
- English language--Versification.
- English language.
- Literary form.
- Poetics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (176 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Examining particular forms that contemporary American poets favour and those they neglect, this book reveals both ambitions and limitations, new possibilities discovered and the traditions found unimaginable. Poetic forms discussed include the sestina, ghazal, love sonnet, ballad, and heroic couplet.
- Contents:
- Contents; Introduction: On Claimed Verse Forms; 1. "The Age of the Sestina"; 2. "In that Thicket of Bitter Roots": The Ghazal in America; 3. When a Form Comes Out of the Closet; 4. Why Not the Heroic Couplet?; 5. On the Contemporary Ballad; Conclusion: Prosody after the Poetry Wars; Notes; Index
- Notes:
- Formerly CIP.
- Previously issued in print: 2004.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-029083-8
- 0-19-772575-9
- 0-19-971840-7
- 0-19-531325-9
- 0-19-534700-5
- 1-280-53447-8
- 1-4237-5663-0
- 1-60256-903-7
- OCLC:
- 476023025
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