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Elizabeth A. Drew (1) (1887–1965)

Autor(a) de Poetry: A Modern Guide to Its Understanding and Enjoyment

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11 Works 260 Membros 2 Reviews

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Image credit: Elizabeth A. Drew from the back cover of T.S. ELIOT: THE DESIGN OF HIS POETRY

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Conhecimento Comum

Data de nascimento
1887
Data de falecimento
1965
Sexo
female
Nacionalidade
USA
Organizações
Bread Loaf School of English

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Resenhas

I have the sixth printing, first published in 1959. Part I "The Poetic Process" -- Poet, Reader, Sound Patterns, Imagery, Words, the Design. Part II - Poetry and the Human Condition -- Time, Death, Frustration and Loneliness, Satire, Nature, Love, Humanism, and Religion. Concludes with a chapter "Poets on Poetry". This book has an appendix on "Meters and Verse Patterns", and a List of the cited Poets indexed.
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keylawk | 1 outra resenha | Mar 2, 2014 |
2404 Poetry: A Modern Guide to Its Understanding and Enjoyment, by Elizabeth Drew (read 25 Aug 1991) This book was first published in 1959. I started out enjoying it very much, but it palled. It discusses many poems, but the poem which moved me most was Emily Bronte's "Cold in the Earth"--an old favorite of mine. I did not realize that it was written as part of the Gondal romance the Brontes played--all that emotion is not personal to Emily, but is part of their game! But it is still a fantastic poem--the author of this book says it has been called "one of the greatest personal lyrics in the language," and I agree. This book has an appendix on "Meters and Verse Patterns" which is condensed but valuable.… (mais)
 
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Schmerguls | 1 outra resenha | May 13, 2008 |

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Obras
11
Membros
260
Popularidade
#88,386
Avaliação
½ 3.3
Resenhas
2
ISBNs
10

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