On the Nature of Poetry: An Appraisal and Investigation of the Art Which for 4000 Years Has Distilled the Spoken Thoughts of Mankind By Kenneth Verity
2007 | 384 Pages | ISBN: 0856832464 | PDF | 2 MB
The entire history of Western poetry is surveyed in thisstudy, fromthe ancient world,the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and the modern period. Two hundred poems extracts are included, and 10 poets are covered in depth, with critical appraisals of their lives and work. Problems oftranslation inpoetry are carefully considered, and the book provides a working definition ofpoetry, calling it aform of expression human beingsturn towhen they need to say something important in a memorable way.