The Pleasure of Poetry: Reading and Enjoying British Poetry from Donne to BurnsBloomsbury Academic, 30.07.2006 - 280 Seiten The poetry produced by the British poets of the 17th and 18th centuries is considered to be among the best ever written. But many general readers feel intimidated by the language or structure of the poetry, and so tend to shy away from enjoying these poets and their works. Nelson takes readers on a tour of the major works and figures of 17th- and 18th-century British poetry, explaining major themes, devices, styles, language, rhythm, sound, tone, imagery, form, and meaning. Beginning each chapter with a sketch of the poet's life and career, the author then looks at five or six representative works, helping readers understand and appreciate the beauty of poetry itself. |
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... concern for the poor and for the life of rural England , using pathos and melodrama to dramatize their plight . But ... concerns , creating a verse that is fluent , mov- ing , and humane . It is , thus , still a pleasure for us to read ...
... concern for the mouse . has turned into a concern with himself as a representative of humankind . Some readers , however , have found that this sudden shift undermines the poet's sympathy for the mouse . Others believe that it broadens ...
... concern with nature , and an often radical politics ( as Burns himself did in the democratic move- ments of the late eighteenth century ) . The Romantics retain a concern with traditional poetic forms , such as the sonnet and the ode ...
Inhalt
Introduction to Reading Poetry | 1 |
Poet of Secular and Sacred Love | 19 |
Elegist Satirist and Moralist | 37 |
Urheberrecht | |
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