The Reach of Poetry
Author | : Albert Cook |
Publisher | : Purdue University Press |
Total Pages | : 356 |
Release | : 1995 |
ISBN-10 | : 1557530696 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781557530691 |
Rating | : 4/5 (691 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Reach of Poetry written by Albert Cook and published by Purdue University Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Remain permanent within the Western tradition and are accessible in the stream of discourse to modern poets who may never have heard of him. In addition to addressing poems in the short compass of epigram, and ballad, The Reach of Poetry discusses the distinctive achievement of certain lyric poets - among them Wordsworth, Rimbaud, Whitman, Donne, the Shakespeare of the Sonnets, Dante, the troubadours, Catullus, Lucretius, Pindar, and such modern poets as Yeats, Stevens.