| Description |
1 online resource (285 pages) |
| Contents |
Ch. 1. The Problem of Free Verse -- Ch. 2. The Loose Tradition in Verse from Cowley to Eliot -- Ch. 3. The Haunting of Wallace Stevens -- Ch. 4. Straight Talk, Straight as the Greeks -- Ch. 5. The Parsing Meter and Beyond -- Conclusion: Avoiding Prosody? |
| Summary |
"Chris Beyers's A History of Free Verse 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, Beyers demonstrates that many of the forms considered to have been invented in the Modern period actually extend underappreciated traditions."--Jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-272) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
English poetry -- History and criticism.
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Free verse -- History and criticism
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American poetry -- History and criticism
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English language -- Versification.
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18.06 Anglo-American literature.
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POETRY -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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POETRY -- General.
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American poetry
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English language -- Versification
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English poetry
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Free verse
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Freier Vers
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Geschichte
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Englisch
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Vrij vers.
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Gedichten.
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Amerikaans.
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English poetry -- History and criticism.
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Free verse -- History and criticism.
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American poetry -- History and criticism.
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English language -- Versification.
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Englisch.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781610751872 |
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1610751876 |
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