A little history of poetry

A little history of poetry / John Carey.

What is poetry? If music is sound organized in a particular way, poetry is a way of organizing language. It is language made special so that it will be remembered and valued. It does not always work--over the centuries countless thousands of poems have been forgotten. This little history is about so...

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Main Author: Carey, John, 1934- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2020]
Series:Little histories (Yale University Press)
Subjects:
Poetry > History and criticism.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Poetry.
Poetry
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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