How poets see the world : the art of description in contemporary poetry / Willard Spiegelman.
"Although readers of prose fiction sometimes find descriptive passages superfluous or boring, description itself is often the most important aspect of a poem. This book examines how a variety of contemporary poets use description in their work."--Jacket.
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Main Author: | Spiegelman, Willard. |
Format: | Book |
Language: | English |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
2005.
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