Poetry & the Dictionary

This innovative collection of essays is the first volume to explore the many ways in which dictionaries have stimulated the imaginations of modern and contemporary poets from Britain, Ireland, and America, while also considering how poetry has itself been a rich source of material for lexicographers.

About the author

Andrew Blades is Lecturer in English at the University of Bristol.
Piers Pennington completed his doctoral studies at Corpus Christi College, Oxford.

Summary

As well as gauging the influence of major dictionaries like the OED, the essays single out encounters with more specialised works and broach uses of words that are not typically included in dictionaries.

Product details

• Authors: Andrew Blades, Andrew (Department of English Blades, Andrew Pennington Blades
• Assisted by: Andrew Blades (Editor), Andrew (Department of English Blades (Editor), Piers Pennington (Editor)
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781789620566
• ISBN: 978-1-78962-056-6
• No. of pages: 312
• Series: Poetry &...; Poetry and Lup
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Historische und vergleichende Sprachwissenschaft, Literaturwissenschaft: Lyrik und Dichter, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, Literature - Classics / Criticism, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Etymology, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century