Richard Bradford

Poetry

The Ultimate Guide

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Produktbeschreibung

Richard Bradford's new introduction to poetry combines definitions, context and literary theory to addresses and answer the slippery question 'what is poetry?'. The book provides a compact history of English poetry from the 16th century to the present day, alongside coverage of all the major critical and theoretical approaches to verse.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Macmillan Education
• 2010
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 432g
• ISBN-13: 9781403994615
• ISBN-10: 1403994617
• Artikelnr.: 29941672

Autorenporträt

R. Bradford

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction.- PART 1: WHAT IS POETRY?.- The Basics.- A Definition of Poetry: The Double Pattern.- PART 2: HISTORY: THE RENAISSANCE TO POSTMODERNISM.- The Renaissance.- The Restoration and 18th Century.- Romanticism.- Victorian Poetry.- Modernism and After.- PART 3: CRITICISM AND CONTEXTS.- New Criticism.- Formalism and Structuralism.- The Role of the Reader and Poststructuralism.- New Historicism and Cultural Materialism.- Psychoanalysis.- Deconstruction.- Gender.- Nation, Race and Place.- Evaluation.- Epilogue: Why Do We Write and Read Poetry?.- Bibliography.