Publication

1995 - Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass, Massachusetts

Language

English

Word Count

25,000 words, Guess

Page Count

100 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • LibraryThing3786836
  • Goodreads990196

Classifications

  • DDC821.009
  • LCCPR504 .V46 1995

Description

Style is the material body of lyric poetry, Helen Vendler suggests. To cast off an earlier style is to perform an act of violence on the self. Why might a poet do this, adopting a sharply different form? In this exploration of three kinds of break in poetic style, Vendler clarifies the essential connection between style and substance in poetry. Opening fresh perspectives on the work of three very different poets, her masterful study of changes in style yields a new view of the interplay of moral, emotional, and intellectual forces in a poet's work.

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Other Editions

  • The breaking of style: Hopkins, Heaney, GrahamHarvard University Press1995-01-01

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