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Why poetry matters /

Poetry doesn't matter to most people, observes Jay Parini at the opening of this book. But, undeterred, he commences a deeply felt meditation on poetry, its language and meaning, and its power to open minds and transform lives. By the end of the book, Parini has recovered a truth often obscured...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Parini, Jay (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2008.
Colección:Why X matters.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Defending poetry
  • Language
  • The personal voice
  • The way of metaphor
  • Tradition and originality
  • Form and freedom
  • The politics of poetry
  • A natural world
  • Divine parameters : a reading of 'Four quartets.'