Practical stylistics : an approach to poetry

Widdowson, H.G. ;

Practical stylistics : an approach to poetry - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1992. - xiv, 230 p. :

Included Bibliography, Index.

PART ONE THE SIGNIFICANCE OF POETRY; --
PART TWO THE TEACHING OF POETRY.

Takes a particular perspective on the nature of poetry and follows this through to proposals for teaching. This book focuses attention on how the use of language in short poems can set up conditions for individual interpretation and the representation of reality in ways other than those which are established by normal social convention.

0194371905 9780194371841


Poetry -- History and criticism.
Poetry -- Study and teaching.
Literary style.
Poetry.
Poetry -- Teaching.
Style, Literary.

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