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  • © 1997

Studying Poetry

Authors:

  1. Barry Spurr

    1. The University of Sydney, Australia

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Reading poetry

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Reading aloud

      • Barry Spurr
      Pages 3-12

    3. Describing a poem

      • Barry Spurr
      Pages 13-30

    4. Varieties of poetic style

      • Barry Spurr
      Pages 31-44

    5. Evaluation of poetry

      • Barry Spurr
      Pages 45-56

  3. Poetry through the Centuries

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 57-57
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    2. Introduction

      • Barry Spurr
      Pages 58-60

    3. The Renaissance

      • Barry Spurr
      Pages 61-89

    4. The early seventeenth century

      • Barry Spurr
      Pages 90-133

    5. The Restoration and Augustanism

      • Barry Spurr
      Pages 134-165

    6. Romanticism

      • Barry Spurr
      Pages 166-198

    7. Victorianism

      • Barry Spurr
      Pages 199-224

    8. Modernism

      • Barry Spurr
      Pages 225-258

    9. Post-Modernism and the future

      • Barry Spurr
      Pages 259-290

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 291-315
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About this book

Students of literature find poetry, and in particular the discussion or analysis of a poem, the most testing of literary-critical tasks. Yet poetry continues to be set for study, and students and teachers will continue to be confronted with the necessity of explaining how a poem 'works' - how its meaning is conveyed. Studying Poetry seeks to address the difficulties of that study and shows how they can be solved, with several examples of worked answers to essay and examination-style questions and assignments.
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  • The University of Sydney, Australia

    Barry Spurr

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