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Fundamentals of the art of poetry / Oscar Mandel

Author
Mandel, Oscar
Published
Sheffield : Sheffield Academic Press, [1998]
Copyright Date
©1998
Physical Description
1 online resource (351 pages) : illustrations
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Language Note
English.
Contents
Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Overture to Four Audiences; Part I: ABOUT ART IN GENERAL; Part II: THE ART OF POETRY; Index of Quoted Texts.
Summary
Fundamentals of the Art of Poetry takes the reader on a journey that sets out with a consideration of the various arts humankind has created, and then focuses on the special art of poetry: what poetry is, what it does and must do in order to 'succeed' for whom it does what it does, and, in detail, how it goes about doing what it tries to do. Twenty-two chapters deal with subjects like 'The Constituencies for Art', 'What Meaning Means', 'Acceptable and Unacceptable Propositions', 'The Right Word in the Right Place', 'The Sounds that Matter in Poetry', 'Energetic Metaphor: the Major Figure' and.
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ISBN
9780567366986 (electronic bk.)
0567366987 (electronic bk.)
9781850758372
1850758522
1850758379
9781850758525
9786611784331
6611784330
1281784338
9781281784339
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Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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