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Poetic Closure: A Study of How Poems End - Softcover

Smith, Barbara Herrnstein Herrnstein

 
9780226763439: Poetic Closure: A Study of How Poems End
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0226763439 ISBN 13: 9780226763439
Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 2007

Synopsis

In Poetic Closure, distinguished literary scholar Barbara Herrnstein Smith explores the provocative question: How do poems end? To answer it, Smith examines numerous individual poems and examples of common poetic forms in order to reveal the relationship between closure and the overall structure and integrity of a poem. First published in 1968, Smith’s book remains essential reading in poetic theory.

“Ranging from Elizabethan lyric through free and syllabic verse and concrete poetry, Poetic Closure is a learned, witty, and richly illustrated study of the behavior of poems. . . . It can be read, enjoyed, studied by people who like reading poetry, including—I would suspect—poets.”—Richard M. Elman, New York Times Book Review

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About the Author

Barbara Herrnstein Smith is Distinguished Professor of English at Brown University and the Braxton Craven Professor of Comparative Literature and English at Duke University, where she is also director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies in Science and Cultural Theory.

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Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Publication date
2007
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0226763439
ISBN 13 
9780226763439
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
305