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Poetic Artifice

A Theory of Twentieth-Century Poetry

Veronica Forrest-Thomson author Gareth Farmer editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Shearsman Books

Published:29th Apr '16

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First published posthumously in 1978 by Manchester University Press, this volume turned sharply against critics of the previous generation, notably William Empson, and against emergent strains of historicism. The book is an exhaustive (and sometimes exhausting) defence of "all the rhythmic, phonetic, verbal, and logical devices which make poetry different from prose." According to the author, such devices are responsible for poetry's most significant effect-not pleasure or ornament or some kind of special expressivity, but the production of "alternative imaginary orders."

ISBN: 9781848614451

Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm

Weight: 356g

238 pages

2nd Revised edition