
Poetry: The Basics
Jeffrey Wainwright(Author)
Routledge (Publisher)
3rd Edition
Published on 16. November 2015
Book
Hardback
264 pages
978-1-138-82335-8 (ISBN)
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Description
Now in its third edition Poetry: The Basics remains an engaging exploration of the world of poetry. Drawing on examples ranging from Chaucer to children's rhymes, Cole Porter to Carol Ann Duffy, and from around the English-speaking world, it shows how any reader can understand and gain more pleasure from poetry. Exploring poetry's relationship to everyday language and introducing major genres and technical aspects in an accessible way, it is a clear introduction to how different types of poetry work through the study of details and of whole poems. With a revised chapter on the different practices and ideas in the writing of poetry now, including sections on film poetry and digital poetics, this is a must read for all students of English Literature.
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Series
Edition
3rd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
Weight
385 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-138-82335-8 (9781138823358)
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Person
Jeffrey Wainwright is a poet, translator, and critic. He taught for many years at Manchester Metropolitan University where he was Professor in the Department of English until 2008.
Content
Preface
1. Because there is language there is poetry
2. Deliberate Space
3. Tones of Voice
4. Measures
5. 'Free Verse'
6. Rhyme
7. Stanza
8. Image - Imagination - Inspiration
9. Writing a Poem Now: Philosophies Of Composition
Conclusion
Glossary
1. Because there is language there is poetry
2. Deliberate Space
3. Tones of Voice
4. Measures
5. 'Free Verse'
6. Rhyme
7. Stanza
8. Image - Imagination - Inspiration
9. Writing a Poem Now: Philosophies Of Composition
Conclusion
Glossary