The Offense of Poetry
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There is something offensive and scandalous about poetry, judging by the number of attacks on it and defenses of it written over the centuries. Poetry, Hazard Adams argues, exists to offend - not through its subject matter but through the challenges it presents to the prevailing view of what language is for. Poetry's main cultural value is its offensiveness; it should be defended as offensive.
Adams specifies four poetic offenses - gesture,...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0295987596
ISBN13:9780295987590
Release Date:October 2007
Publisher:University of Washington Press
Length:284 Pages
Weight:0.84 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.1" x 8.9"
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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