Language Poets UseMrs Nowottny's chief aim in this 'valuable book which could serve as a useful introduction to practical criticism' (Review of English Studies) is to inquire as to what it is that makes the language of poetry poetic. The book grows out of the leading trends today in ideas about language and the way it works but to the matters discussed Mrs Nowottny brings a keen mind of her own and considerable powers as a literary critic. Stressing the continuity of poetry with other uses of language she shows how under the control of the poet's purpose everyday language contributes to the achievement of the most complex and profound effects, and she illustrates these effects with a wealth of examples. Mrs Nowottny is Lecturer in English at University College, London. |
Contents
Diction | 26 |
Metaphor | 49 |
Metaphor and Poetic Structure | 72 |
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abstraction allusion ambiguity analogy attitude Blake Blake's CALIFORNIA/SANTA CRUZ chapter clear complex concerned context conveys critical CRUZ The University dark death describe devices diction difficulty discussion Dylan Thomas East Coker effect elements Eliot's etcetera experience expression fact feel figurative fire formal give guage I. A. Richards important instance involved linguistic literal literary locution London meaning mental metaphor metrical nature object ordinary language particular passage pattern peculiar phrase play poem poet poet's poetic language poetic structures poetry possible present problem quatrain reader reference relation relationships rhetorical rhyme rhythm saviour sense sentence Shakespeare Shakespeare's Sonnet simile simple situation sonnet Sonnet 28 Sonnet 73 stanza striking suggest symbol syntactical syntax T. S. Eliot talking thing Thomas's thou tion University Library UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA/SANTA usage verbal Vernon Watkins verse vocabulary whole words writing