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This engaging introduction to poetry covers the entire tradition of poetry in English, providing close readings of interesting and varied texts. In this updated second edition, coverage has been expanded to cover medieval poetry and to give more weight to literary theory and women poets, while a new chapter focuses on key contemporary poets.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 384
Edition: 2Rev Ed
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 24 Aug 2006
ISBN 10: 1403945624
ISBN 13: 9781403945624
Book Overview: 'The most lucid and accessible guide to the study of poetry available.' - Christopher Lee, University of Southern Queensland, Australia 'You can't teach poetry unless you love it. Barry Spurr clearly does. He knows not to demean or exploit it. Poetry taught me poetry, but it was a teacher who turned me on to it and gave me the initial orientation I needed. This book suggests that Barry Spurr is another teacher of that rare kind.' - Les Murray, winner of the T.S. Eliot Award (1996) and the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry (1999). Australia's leading poet. 'belong[s] on the shelf of every lover of poetry and student of literature.' - Stephen McInerney, Quadrant