English Poetry and the English Language
Auteur: Frederick Wilse Bateson
Nombre de pages: 109 pages
ISBN: 0198710291, 9780198710295
Edition: Clarendon Press
Date de publication: Clarendon Press
Description: The thesis advanced in this short book is that a proper understanding and appreciation of poetry is not obtained by investigating the particular poet's career or the nature of the society in which he has grown up. These are at best secondary considerations. It is the special uses to which he puts his society and personality in the language of his time that are ultimately decisive. The thesis is illustrated in a survey of English poetry from the Renaissance to the present day. In this third edition the opportunity has been taken to expand the arguemnt and bring some of its details up to date. -- Book Jacket.