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For anyone who has ever wanted to become fluent in the language of poetry, Invitation to Poetry will prove an essential guide. This book:

  • Teaches the serious student how to ‘speak poetry’ through an in-depth examination of the traditional features and technical vocabulary of poetic language;

  • Examines British and American materials from the sixteenth through the twentieth centuries in order to give students a sense of a range of different period styles, poetic projects, and strategies;

  • Explicitly examines, questions and challenges the relationship of poetry to literary periods and canons;

  • Offers the technical tools essential for close reading and interpretation across a broad chronological spectrum.

Invitation to Poetry: The Pleasures of Studying Poetry and Poetics

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    Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
    Publication Date: 18/12/2007
    ISBN13: 9781405131636, 978-1405131636
    ISBN10: 1405131632

    Number of Pages: 256

    Non Fiction , ELT & Literary Studies , Education

    Description

    For anyone who has ever wanted to become fluent in the language of poetry, Invitation to Poetry will prove an essential guide. This book:

    • Teaches the serious student how to ‘speak poetry’ through an in-depth examination of the traditional features and technical vocabulary of poetic language;

    • Examines British and American materials from the sixteenth through the twentieth centuries in order to give students a sense of a range of different period styles, poetic projects, and strategies;

    • Explicitly examines, questions and challenges the relationship of poetry to literary periods and canons;

    • Offers the technical tools essential for close reading and interpretation across a broad chronological spectrum.

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