An Introduction to English Poetry

An Introduction to English Poetry

Author: James Fenton

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 151

ISBN-13: 0374528896

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An introduction to poetry makes use of prisoner's work songs, Broadway show tunes, and the cries of street vendors to introduce readers to the rhythms of poetry.


An Introduction to English Poetry

An Introduction to English Poetry

Author: James Fenton

Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 2003-05-29

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13: 0141944234

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James Fenton's An Introduction to English Poetry offers a master class for both the reader and writer of poetry. Simply and elegantly written and discussing the work of poets as wide ranging as W. H. Auden, Dylan Thomas, Tennyson, Kipling, Milton and Blake, it covers all varieties of poetic practice in English. 'It is hard to imagine a beginner who could not learn from [this book]. If you know a young poet, give them this' The Times Literary Supplement


The Rhythms of English Poetry

The Rhythms of English Poetry

Author: Derek Attridge

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-07-10

Total Pages: 410

ISBN-13: 1317869516

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Examines the way in which poetry in English makes use of rhythm. The author argues that there are three major influences which determine the verse-forms used in any language: the natural rhythm of the spoken language itself; the properties of rhythmic form; and the metrical conventions which have grown up within the literary tradition. He investigates these in order to explain the forms of English verse, and to show how rhythm and metre work as an essential part of the reader's experience of poetry.


Poetic Rhythm

Poetic Rhythm

Author: Derek Attridge

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1995-09-28

Total Pages: 300

ISBN-13: 9780521413022

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A straightforward and practical introduction to rhythm and meter in poetry in English.


English Literature: A Very Short Introduction

English Literature: A Very Short Introduction

Author: Jonathan Bate

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2010-10-07

Total Pages: 193

ISBN-13: 0199569266

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English Literature: A Very Short Introduction discusses why literature matters, how narrative works, and what is distinctly English about English literature. Jonathan Bate considers how we determine the content of the field, and looks at the three major kinds of imaginative literature - English poetry, English drama and The English novel.


English Poetry of the Eighteenth Century, 1700-1789

English Poetry of the Eighteenth Century, 1700-1789

Author: David Fairer

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-10-13

Total Pages: 390

ISBN-13: 1317892879

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In recent years the canon of eighteenth-century poetry has greatly expanded to include women poets, labouring-class and provincial poets, and many previously unheard voices. Fairer’s book takes up the challenge this ought to pose to our traditional understanding of the subject. This book seeks to question some of the structures, categories, and labels that have given the age its reassuring shape in literary history. In doing so Fairer offers a fresh and detailed look at a wide range of material.