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An Introduction to Poetic Forms (Hardcover)
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An Introduction to Poetic Forms (Hardcover)
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An Introduction to Poetic Forms offers specimen discussions of
poems through the lens of form. While each of its chapters does
provide a standard definition of the form in question in its
opening paragraphs, their main objective is to provide readings of
specific examples to illustrate how individual poets have deviated
from or subverted those expectations usually associated with the
form under discussion. While providing the most vital information
on the most widely taught forms of poetry, then, this collection
will very quickly demonstrate that counting syllables and naming
rhyme schemes is not the be-all and end-all of poetic form.
Instead, each chapter will contain cross-references to other
literary forms and periods as well as make clear the importance of
the respective form to the culture at large: be it the
democratising communicative power of the ballad or the objectifying
male gaze of the blazon and resistance to same in the contreblazon
- the efficacy of form is explored in the fullness of its cultural
dimensions. In using standard definitions only as a starting point
and instead focusing on lively debates around the cultural impact
of poetic form, the textbook helps students and instructors to see
poetic forms not as a static and lifeless affair but as living,
breathing testament to the ongoing evolution of cultural debates.
In the final analysis, the book is interested in showing the
complexities and contradictions inherent in the very nature of
literary form itself: how each concrete example deviates from the
standard template while at the same time employing it as a foil to
generate meaning.
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