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Allusion to the poets / Christopher Ricks.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Ricks, Christopher, 1933- author.
Series:
Oxford scholarship online.
Oxford scholarship online
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
English poetry--History and criticism.
English poetry.
Allusions in literature.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (345 p. )
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
This text is strongly focused on the theme of how writers - especially but not exclusively poets - make use of other writers' work: from the subtle courtesies of different kinds of allusion to the extreme discourtesy of plagiarism.
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: I. THE POET AS HEIR
Dryden and Pope 9
Burns 43
Wordsworth 83
Byron 121
Keats 157
Tennyson 179
II. IN THE COMPANY OF ALLUSION
Plagiarism 219
The Pursuit of Metaphor 241
Loneliness and Poetry 26I
A. E. Housman and 'the colour of his hair' 282
Yvor Winters: Allusion and Pseudo-Reference 295
David Ferry and the Shades of the Dead 319.
Notes:
Previously issued in print: 2002.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
ISBN:
1-383-03899-6
1-280-37536-1
0-19-155470-7
0-585-48630-1
OCLC:
53955712

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