RE: Verse: Turning Towards Poetry

ISBN-13: 9781138458383 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017

Jeremy Tambling

Opis

Provides an introduction to reading poetry. This work begins with chapters on poetic form, before going on to look at poetry in its various historical contexts. With a section on technical terms in poetry, and suggestions for further study, it also includes examples drawn from English and Irish poetry, and translations from French and German.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements To the Reader 1. Introduction: Listening to Poetry 2. Five Ideas for Reading 3. Making Poetry: Making Meanings 4. Public and Private Poetry 5. Why Is Poetry Difficult 6.‘Poetry is the subject of the poem' 7. Poetry and Translation 8. Reading Modern Poetry Appendices

O autorze

Jeremy Tambling is Professor Of Literature at the University of Manchester, UK.