What Is Poetry? - Language and Memory in the Poems of the World

Illustrated by 130 languages and literatures, this book explores poetry's unique psychological qualities.

List of contents

1. Poetry; 2. Form; 3. Language; 4. Metre; 5. Rhyme and alliteration; 6. Parallelism; 7. Psychology and poetry; Bibliography; General index; Language index.

About the author

Nigel Fabb is Professor of Literary Linguistics at the University of Strathclyde.

Summary

This new approach to poetry, which explores how language is shaped to fit human memory, is substantiated by an unrivalled selection of examples taken from over 130 world literatures. An impressive survey of metre, rhyme, alliteration and parallelism in poetical forms across the globe and throughout history.

Product details

• Authors: Nigel Fabb, Nigel (University of Strathclyde) Fabb, Fabb Nigel
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.08.2015
• EAN: 9781107001855
• ISBN: 978-1-107-00185-5
• No. of pages: 228
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; Discourse Analysis, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Semantics, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Literary studies: general, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Literary studies: poetry and poets