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The book of forms : a handbook of poetics / Lewis Turco.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780826361882
- ISBN: 0826361889
- Physical Description: xiii, 431 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: Fifth edition.
- Publisher: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2020.
- Copyright: ©2020
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Acknowledgments -- Foreword to the fifth edition -- Part I: The elements of poetry. Introduction -- The typographical level -- The sonic level -- The sensory level -- The ideational level -- Chapter glossary -- Part II: Form-finder index. Introduction -- Specific forms -- General forms -- Part III: Traditional verse forms. Dramatic poetry -- Lyric poetry -- Narrative poetry -- Bibliography -- A chronology of post-modern books -- Concerning verse forms -- Index. |
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| Subject: | Poetics. Versification. Poetics. Versification. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Homer Public Library | 808 TUR (Text) | 000162044 | Nonfiction | Available | - |
The Book of Forms : A Handbook of Poetics
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The Book of Forms : A Handbook of Poetics
Now in its fifth edition, The Book of Forms: A Handbook of Poetics continues to be the go-to reference and guide for students, teachers, and critics. A companion for poets from novice to master, The Book of Forms has been called "the poet's bible" for more than fifty years. Filled with both common and rarely heard of forms and prosodies, Turco's engaging style and apt examples invite writers to try their hands at exploring forms in ways that challenge and enrich their work. Revised for today's poet, the fifth edition includes the classic rules of scansion and the useful Form-Finder Index alongside new examples of terms and prose that are essential to the study of all forms of poetry and verse. As Turco writes in the introduction, "It should go without saying that the more one knows how to do, the more one can do."
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