Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Poetics before Plato Poetics before Plato Grace M. Ledbetter "Combining literary and philosophical analysis, this study defends an utterly innovative reading of the early history of poetics. It is the first to argue that there is a distinctively Socratic view … OL5955715W
To read a poem To read a poem Alice S. Landy A text for reluctant readers of poetry, including poems from the 16th century to the present, explanations and analyses of selected poems, questions, exercises, and optional writing activities. OL6813435W
Whitman possessed Whitman possessed Mark Maslan "Whitman has long been more than a celebrated American author. He has become a kind of hero, whose poetry vindicates beliefs not only about poetry but also about sexuality and power. In Whitman Posse… OL7795704W
Holding patterns Holding patterns Daniel Matthew McGuiness "Holding Patterns provides a sympathetic criticism of poems, one that avoids the appliance of criticism and that self-consciously persists in close readings of texts as the directing force of its arg… OL7797626W