Larkin's poems are often regarded as falling somewhere between the traditional 'plain' and the more contemporary 'postmodern' categories. This study undertakes a comprehensive linguistic and historical study of the plain style tradition in poetry, its relationship with so-called 'difficult' poetry, and its particular realization in the cultural and historical context of 20th-century Britain. The author examines the nature of poetry as a type of discourse, the elements of, and factors in, the development of literary styles, a close rhetorical examination of Larkin's poems within the described poetic frameworks, and his position in the British twentieth-century poetic canon.
By:
Tijana Stojkovic
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 229mm,
Width: 152mm,
Spine: 19mm
Weight: 520g
ISBN: 9780415975490
ISBN 10: 0415975492
Series: Studies in Major Literary Authors
Pages: 246
Publication Date: 14 April 2006
Audience:
College/higher education
,
General/trade
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Professional & Vocational
,
Primary
,
ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Raising the Questions1. Literature, Language, Plainness, and the Plain Style Traditions2. Larkin in Context3. Rhetorical Strategies I4. Rhetorical Strategies II5. ThemesConclusion: Larkin's Own BlendNotes.Bibliography.Index
