Rev. ed. of: The Princeton encyclopedia of poetry and poetics / Alex Preminger and T.V.F. Brogan, co-editors; Frank J. Warnke, O.B. Hardison, Jr., and Earl Miner, associate editors. 1993.
This comprehensive reference work deals with all aspects of its subject: history, prosody, types, movements, and critical terminology. Prepared by recognized authorities, its articles treat their topics in sufficient depth...
The New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics. Eds. Alex Preminger, T. V. F. Brogan
This compact volume makes available a selection of 402 entries from the widely praised Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, with emphasis on prosodic and poetic terms likely to be encountered in many different areas of literary ...
But the freedom of poets from social constraints and conventions can also inspire a more positive mission, a resistance to the empty formulas of those in power. When others are afraid to speak, the poet sometimes bears a special burden.
In compiling material on 106 cultures in 92 national literatures, the book gives full coverage to Indo-European poetries (all the major Celtic, Slavic, Germanic, and Romance languages, as well as other obscure ones such as Hittite), the ...
The New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics
Following the Catastrophe and the expansion of the Armenian diaspora, poetry experienced a mixture of decline and experimentation. ... A. Nercessian (2002); The Song of the Stork and Other Early and Ancient Armenian Songs, trans.
This reference volume makes available for convenient personal and classroom use nearly 200 entries selected from the New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, with primary emphasis on poetic and prosodic terms that are most common ...
This pioneering collection brings together thirty-two pieces, from foundational statements by Herder, Madame de Staƫl, and Nietzsche to work by a range of the most influential comparatists writing today, including Lawrence Venuti, Gayatri ...
A Defense of Poetry argues that literature can be defined - pragmatist and historicist arguments notwithstanding - and that in its definition its unique value can be discovered.