Reading Poetry Tom Furniss

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Reading Poetry provides an introduction to the ideas and techniques that can help students produce informed and exciting readings of poetry. A wide spectrum of examples has been included, ranging from fifteenth-century lyrics and ballads to contemporary poetry from all over the English-speaking world.

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Reading Poetry: An Introduction by Tom Furniss

Introduction: Close Reading and the Poetic System What is Poetry? How do we Read it? Poetry and Experience/The Experience of Poetry Rhetorical Strategies Figurative Language Theories of Metaphor History of Metaphor Hearing Voices Tone and Irony Ambiguity Closure, Pluralism, Indeterminacy Allusion and Intertextuality Interpreting Form Rhythm and Meter Interpreting Poetic Form Significant Form: Sound and Shape Contexts Introducing Contexts Genre: The Ballad The Sonnet Poetry and History: Production and Reception Poetry and Politics: Conservative and Radical Legislators Poetry and Politics: Class, Gender, Race, Nation Further Reading Index

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GOR001459689

ISBN 13

9780133552980

ISBN 10

0133552985

Title

Reading Poetry: An Introduction by Tom Furniss

Author

Tom Furniss

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Used - Very Good

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Paperback

Publisher

Pearson Education (US)

Year published

1996-07-08

Number of pages

448

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This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

Reading Poetry Tom Furniss

Reading Poetry by Tom Furniss

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Reading Poetry Summary

Reading Poetry: An Introduction by Tom Furniss

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