A companion to poetic genre /

• Other Authors: Martiny, Erik
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012.
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Series: Blackwell companions to literature and culture.
• Subjects: Poetry > History and criticism.; Poetics > History.; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Literary.; Poetics.; Poetry.; Electronic books.; Criticism, interpretation, etc.; History.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxvi, 632 pages).
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9781444344288; 1444344285; 9781118482063; 1118482069
• DOI: 10.1002/9781444344318

"A Companion to Poetic Genre brings together over 40 contributions from leading academics to provide critical overviews of poetic genres and their modern adaptations. Covers a large range of poetic cultural traditions from Britain, Ireland, North America, Japan and the Caribbea Summarises many genres from their earliest origins to their most recent renderings The only full-length critical collection to deal with modern adaptations of poetic genres Contributors include Bernard O'Donoghue, Stephen Burt, Jahan Ramazani, and many other notable scholars of poetry and poetics"--