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On Modern Poetry : From Theory to Total Criticism, Hardback Book

On Modern Poetry : From Theory to Total Criticism Hardback

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Including applied readings, this book explores the divide between practical criticism and theory in 20th century criticism to propose a new way of reading poetry.

The history of poetry criticism in the 20th Century is often told as the story of two opposing sides.

On the one hand, practical criticism emphasized close reading and a concern with authorial intention and technique; by contrast, the 'theory revolution' reacted against this in favour of a concern with the anonymous ideological forces at play in the text.

Critically exploring this history of 20th Century literary criticism, "On Modern Poetry" draws on the insights of both traditions to offer a new way of reading poetry.

Taking students through the work of such critics as T.S.

Eliot, William Empson, Harold Bloom, Jacques Derrida and Martin Heidegger, the book considers such topics as rhyme, poetic 'voice' and language.

The second part of the book then goes on to apply these critical insights through close readings of poems by such writers as Matthew Arnold, Thomas Hardy, Gerard Manley Hopkins and Alfred Lord Tennyson. A new exploration of poetry criticism in the last hundred years, "On Modern Poetry" is an essential guide for readers and students at all levels.

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