168 Pages
by
Routledge
168 Pages
by
Routledge
The Language of Poetry:
* develops the student's ability to read and evaluate poetic texts of many kinds
* includes activities, commentaries and extensions to each extract
* covers a variety of poetic language, ranging from songs, advertisements and spoken language to the more traditional forms of the sonnet, ode and free verse
* includes poetry from Philip Larkin, Maya Angelou, Dylan Thomas and Tony Harrison.
Unit one: The look Unit two: The sound Unit three: The movement Unit four: The appeal Unit five: The places Unit six: The genders Unit seven: The images Unit eight: That was then, this is now
Biography
John McRae is Special Professor of Language in Literature Studies at the University of Nottingham. He has been at the forefront of work on the language and literature interface for many years and is the co-author of The Routledge History of Literature in English.
