Studying poetry [[Book] /]
Barry Spurr.
- 2nd ed.
- Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.
- 385 p. ; 23 cm.
Previous ed.: Basingstoke : Macmillan, 1997.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Reading aloud. Describing a poem. Varieties of poetic style. Evaluation of poetry. Medieval poetry : the genesis of English verse. The Renaissance : a time of tension. The early seventeenth century : the pilgrimage to 'the kingdom of man'. The Restoration and Augustanism : the attainment of limited clarity. Romanticism : in praise of imagination. Victorianism : faith and doubt. Modernism : 'make it new'. After Modernism. Contemporary poetry.