Poetry and Language The Linguistics of Verse

Presents an accessible introduction to poetry's unusual uses of language that tackles a range of poetic features from a linguistic perspective.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Michael Ferber is Professor Emeritus at the University of New Hampshire. His previous publications include Romanticism: A Very Short Introduction (2010), The Cambridge Introduction to British Romantic Poetry (Cambridge, 2012), and A Dictionary of Literary Symbols (Cambridge, 3rd edition, 2017).

Zusammenfassung

An accessible introduction to poetry's unusual uses of language that tackles a wide range of poetic features from a linguistic point of view. Equally appealing to the non-expert and more experienced student of linguistics, this book delivers an engaging and often witty summary of how we define what poetry is.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Michael (University of New Hampshire) Ferber, Michael Ferber
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Inhalt: Buch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 31.08.2019
• Thema: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft
• EAN: 9781108453066
• ISBN: 978-1-108-45306-6
• Anzahl Seiten: 282
• Themen: Linguistics; Literary studies: poetry & poets; Literary studies: poetry and poets