A Companion to Poetic Genre
Erik Martiny
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Hardback. A Companion to Poetic Genre brings together over 40 contributions from leading academics to provide critical overviews of poetic genres and their modern adaptations. Editor(s): Martiny, Erik. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 660 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 178 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1298.
A COMPANION TO POETIC GENRE
A COMPANION TO POETIC GENRE
A COMPANION TO POETIC GENRE
This eagerly awaited Companion features over 40 contributions from leading academics around the world, and offers critical overviews of numerous poetic genres. Covering a range of cultural traditions from Britain, Ireland, North America, Japan and the Caribbean, among others, this valuable collection considers ancient genres such as the elegy, the ode, the ghazal, and the ballad, before moving on to Medieval and Renaissance genres originally invented or codified by the Troubadours or poets who followed in their wake. The book also approaches genres driven by theme, such as the ... Read more
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Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
660
Condition
New
Series
Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture
Number of Pages
672
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781444336733
SKU
V9781444336733
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99-50
About Erik Martiny
Dr Erik Martiny teaches Anglophone literature and film in Aix-en-Provence, France. He has published numerous articles on poets such as Peter Redgrove, Frank O’Hara, Sylvia Plath, Paul Durcan, Thomas Kinsella, Paul Muldoon, Ted Hughes, and Derek Walcott. He has also written on the connections between film and fiction, having recently edited a volume of essays entitled Lolita: From Nabokov to ... Read more
Reviews for A Companion to Poetic Genre
“If there is some conceptual wobble in the nature of this undertaking, this Companion is nevertheless a useful, informative and—yes—companionable volume on which its editor may be congratulated.” (English Studies, 1 October 2014)