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A History of Free Verse
Chris Beyers
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Paperback. Num Pages: 285 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 449.
This book examines the most salient and misunderstood aspect of twentieth-century poetry, free verse. Although the form is generally approached as if it were one indissoluble lump, it is actually a group of differing poetic genres proceeding from much different assumptions. Separate chapters on T.S. Eliot, Wallace Stevens, H.D., and William Carlos Williams elucidate many of these assumptions and procedures, while other chapters address more general theoretical questions and trace the continuity of Modern poetics in contemporary poetry. Taking a historical and aesthetic approach, this study demonstrates that many of the forms considered to have been invented in the Modern ... Read more
This book examines the most salient and misunderstood aspect of twentieth-century poetry, free verse. Although the form is generally approached as if it were one indissoluble lump, it is actually a group of differing poetic genres proceeding from much different assumptions. Separate chapters on T.S. Eliot, Wallace Stevens, H.D., and William Carlos Williams elucidate many of these assumptions and procedures, while other chapters address more general theoretical questions and trace the continuity of Modern poetics in contemporary poetry. Taking a historical and aesthetic approach, this study demonstrates that many of the forms considered to have been invented in the Modern ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Arkansas Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
Fayetteville, United States
ISBN
9781557287021
SKU
V9781557287021
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99-15
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