How Poets See the World: The Art of Description in Contemporary Poetry
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Although readers of prose fiction sometimes find descriptive passages superfluous or boring, description itself is often the most important aspect of a poem. This book examines how a variety of contemporary poets use description in their work.
Description has been the great burden of poetry. How do poets see the world? How do they look at it? What do they look for? Is description an end in itself, or a means of expressing desire? Ezra Pound demanded...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0195174917
ISBN13:9780195174915
Release Date:June 2005
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Length:256 Pages
Weight:1.10 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.4" x 9.5"
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