| Purity of Diction in English Verse and Articulate Energy Contributor(s): Davie, Donald (Author) |
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ISBN: 1857548892 ISBN-13: 9781857548891 Publisher: Carcanet Press OUR PRICE: $20.66 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2007 Annotation: Two literary criticism pieces that have shaped approaches to teaching poetry since the 1950s are now available in one volume with a new foreword. Providing a brilliantly detailed analysis of the workings of English poetry, this collection focuses on the technical workings of poetic language, examining devices such as meter and diction. These explorations use examples from poets including Wordsworth, Coleridge, Eliot, and Yeats. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Literary Criticism | Poetry |
| Dewey: 821.009 |
| LCCN: 2006287532 |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5.55" W x 8.67" (1.01 lbs) 384 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |