Poetic Closure: A Study of How Poems End - Hardcover

Smith, Barbara Herrnstein

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0226763420 ISBN 13: 9780226763422

Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 1968

Synopsis

In Poetic Closure, distinguished literary scholar Barbara Herrnstein Smith explores the provocative question: How do poems end? To answer it, Smith examines numerous individual poems and examples of common poetic forms in order to reveal the relationship between closure and the overall structure and integrity of a poem. First published in 1968, Smith’s book remains essential reading in poetic theory.

“Ranging from Elizabethan lyric through free and syllabic verse and concrete poetry, Poetic Closure is a learned, witty, and richly illustrated study of the behavior of poems. . . . It can be read, enjoyed, studied by people who like reading poetry, including—I would suspect—poets.”—Richard M. Elman, New York Times Book Review

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About the Author

Barbara Herrnstein Smith is distinguished professor of English at Brown University and the Braxton Craven Professor of Comparative Literature and English at Duke University, where she is also director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies in Science and Cultural Theory.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Publication date: 1968
• ISBN 10: 0226763420
• ISBN 13: 9780226763422
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 306