Poetry in a Divided World: The Clark Lectures 1985

by Henry Gifford

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This book (comprising four lectures presented at Trinity College, Cambridge in 1985) is concerned with the function and status of poetry in the twentieth century, and is particularly concerned to contrast attitudes in Britain and America with those in the USSR and Eastern Europe. Beginning with the function of poetry today, Professor Gifford goes on to consider the nature and validity of 'poetic witness', the problem of the poet's solitude and his...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0521069343

ISBN13:9780521069342

Release Date:July 2008

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Length:124 Pages

Weight:0.37 lbs.

Dimensions:0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"

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Literary Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Literature Literature & Fiction Poetry

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