Poetic Form: An Introduction

by Michael O'Neill and Michael D. Hurley

Book Overview

Michael D. Hurley and Michael O'Neill offer a perceptive and illuminating look into poetic form, a topic that has come back into prominence in recent years. Building on the renewed interest in form, Hurley and O'Neill provide an accessible and comprehensive introduction that will be of help to undergraduates and more advanced readers of poetry alike. The book sees form as neither ornamenting nor mimicking content, but as shaping and animating it,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521774993
• ISBN13: 9780521774994
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 253 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"