Suggestion and Statement in Poetry
1st Edition
Published on 13. January 2014
182 pages
978-1-4725-0706-8 (ISBN)
Description
Unstated meaning has always been a feature of poetry, but it is in our own century that it has established itself not only as the prevailing mode of expression but also as the central concern of analytic criticism. Although a variety of terms, such as Ambiguity, Irony and Gesture, have been employed to discuss this aspect of poetry and have gained popularity, Professor Rayan shows that 'Suggestion', occurring as far back as in Edgar Allan Poe's writings and later in Symbolist theorizing, is a concept of much longer standing and of equal serviceability. In examining Suggestion, particularly as the only mode of presentation of emotion, he makes fruitful use of some central ideas from ninth-century Sanskrit aesthetics. The contrasted techniques of Suggestion and Statement are studied in relation to each other and with reference to many poetic examples, past and present.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-1-4725-0706-8 (9781472507068)
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Krishna Rayan
Suggestion and Statement in Poetry
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11/2013
Bloomsbury Academic
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Person
Krishna Rayan is head of the Department of English and Modern Languages in Ahmadu Bello University, Abdullahi Bayero College, Nigeria.
Content
1 Suggestion Today
2 Suggestion: From Poe to the Present
3 Suggestion through the Objective Correlative
4 The Lamp and the Jar: Stated and Suggested Meaning
5 Suggestion through Metaphor
6 Stating and Suggesting by Turns
7 Statement Poetry
8 Suggestion as a Classical Method
9 Suggestion or Statement? The Case of Wordsworth
10 Suggestors of Emotion
11 Notes on Suggested Meaning
Notes
Index
2 Suggestion: From Poe to the Present
3 Suggestion through the Objective Correlative
4 The Lamp and the Jar: Stated and Suggested Meaning
5 Suggestion through Metaphor
6 Stating and Suggesting by Turns
7 Statement Poetry
8 Suggestion as a Classical Method
9 Suggestion or Statement? The Case of Wordsworth
10 Suggestors of Emotion
11 Notes on Suggested Meaning
Notes
Index
