The Breaking of Style: Hopkins, Heaney, Graham

by Helen Vendler

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Style is the material body of lyric poetry, Helen Vendler suggests. To cast off an earlier style is to do an act of violence to the self. Why might a poet do this, adopting a sharply different form? In this exploration of three kinds of break in poetic style, Vendler clarifies the essential connection between style and substance in poetry. Opening fresh perspectives on the work of three very different poets, her masterful study of changes in style...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0674081218

ISBN13:9780674081215

Release Date:October 2005

Publisher:Harvard University Press

Length:116 Pages

Weight:0.35 lbs.

Dimensions:0.3" x 5.5" x 8.2"

Related Subjects

American Literature Criticism & Theory Education & Reference English Literature Europe History & Criticism Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Literature Poetry

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