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752 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780571206629
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Publication date: 16 April 2019
Description
The Poem attempts to answer several questions: what is a poem? In what way is its use of language distinct? What conditions allow it to arise, and what is its cultural purpose? And how, exactly, do poems work? Part polemic, part technical treatise...
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752 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780571206629
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Publication date: 16 April 2019
Description
The Poem attempts to answer several questions: what is a poem? In what way is its use of language distinct? What conditions allow it to arise, and what is its cultural purpose? And how, exactly, do poems work? Part polemic, part technical treatise...