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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction
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Elemental Poetry
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Front Matter
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Meter and Meaning
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Front Matter
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The Symbolist Move
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The Political Dimension
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"Bennett's original and erudite readings of poems by eight great poets are a continuing source of intellectual elation. With rare critical intensity, Bennett brings to light the nuances of masterpieces written in five languages even en route to theorizing their imperfection." - Stanley Corngold , Professor Emeritus of German and Comparative Literature, Princeton University, USA
'The Defective Art of Poetry is a relentlessly profound meditation on what makes a poem a poem and why it matters. In beautifully straightforward prose, Benjamin Bennett draws the reader into intense reflection on how poems work, on the philosophical articulations of poetry, and on his own stunning readings. With this, his tenth book, Bennett once again shows why he is among the most gifted, original, and interesting literary scholars of the last half-century.' - Peter J. Burgard, Harvard University
"Bennett brings his unique combination of broad learning, rigid logic, and inventive reading to eight of the most famous lyric poems in European literature from Sappho to Yeats. His bold readings offer surprising perspectives on the individual texts and a compelling theory of the tasks performed by lyric poetry, by poetic voice, by meter, and above all by readers of poetry." - Jane K. Brown, Joff Hanauer Distinguished Professor for Western Civilization, University of Washington, USA
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Defective Art of Poetry
Book Subtitle: Sappho to Yeats
Authors: Benjamin Bennett
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137381880
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave Literature Collection, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Nature America Inc. 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-38187-3Published: 20 March 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-47976-4Published: 20 March 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-38188-0Published: 24 December 2015
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 199
Topics: Poetry and Poetics, Literary History, Classical Studies, British and Irish Literature, Postcolonial/World Literature, Stylistics