The Penguin Book of the Prose Poem [electronic resource] : From Baudelaire to Anne Carson
2018
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'A wonderful book - an invigorating revelation ... An essential collection of
prose poems from across the globe, by old masters and new, reveals the form's
astonishing range' Kate Kellaway, Observer
The prose poem has proven one of the most innovative and versatile poetic forms
of recent years. In the century-and-a-half since Charles Baudelaire, Emma
Lazarus, Oscar Wilde and Ivan Turgenev spread the notion of a new kind of
poetry, this 'genre with an oxymoron for a name' has attracted and beguiled many
of our most beloved writers. Yet it has long remained a hidden territory - and
even now, this peculiarly rich and expansive form can strike many contemporary
readers as something of a mystery.
Here, Jeremy Noel-Tod reconstructs the history of the prose poem for us by
selecting the essential pieces of writing - by turns luminous, brooding,
lamentatory and comic - which have defined and developed it at each stage,
covering a greater chronological sweep and international ra...
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Imprint:
United Kingdom : Penguin, 2018
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file) (496 pages)
Audience:
General/trade
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9780241285800
Language:
English
BRN:
437698
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| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
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| Online | Online resource (Member logon) | indyreads - eBook |