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| Title:
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PURITY OF DICTION IN ENGLISH VERSE
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| Volume: |
AND Articulate Energy |
| By: |
Donald Davie |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£12.95 |
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£9.71 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1857548892 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781857548891 |
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| Publisher: |
CARCANET PRESS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
28 December, 2006 |
| Pages: |
384 |
| Description: |
Contains the first two prose books of the eminent poet and literary critic, Donald Davie. "The Purity of Diction" and "Articulate Energy" are primary critical texts, which have shaped the approach of two generations of readers and teachers of poetry. |
| Synopsis: |
Donald Davie's first two prose books (1952, 1955), available now in one volume with a new foreword, set the agenda for 'The Movement' and shaped the critical approach of two generations of readers and teachers of poetry. They have also proven of value to poets finding their way. Intended as 'two stages in one investigation', they provide a brilliantly detailed analysis of the workings of English poetry and remain, with books such as I.A. Richards's "Practical Criticism" and William Empson's "Seven Types of Ambiguity", primary critical texts, reviving attention to poetry at a technical level and, in the process, stirring awake for many readers major (and minor) writers of the late eighteenth century who require special qualities of attention. Davie remains a particularist, proving in insight after insight the deep rewards of close attention. For him poetry is a responsible art; it is not an end in itself but must always 'reek of the human'. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Carcanet Press Ltd |
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