Practical Stylistics : An Approach to Poetry

H. G. Widdowson

ISBN 10: 0194371840 / ISBN 13: 9780194371841

Published by Oxford University Press Sep 1992, 1992

About this Item

Neuware - This book takes a particular perspective on the nature of poetry and follows this through to proposals for teaching. It focuses attention on how the use of language in short poems can set up conditions for individual interpretation and the representation of reality in ways other than those which are established by normal social convention. This view of poetry, it is argued, leads to a recognition of its essential role in education, and provides a set of principlesfor an approach to teaching it which integrates the study of language and literature.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Practical Stylistics : An Approach to Poetry
• Publisher: Oxford University Press Sep 1992
• Publication Date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0194371840
• ISBN 13: 9780194371841
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 216W x 142H x 15D millimeters 216 millimeters width by 142 millimeters height by 15 millimeters depth
• Weight: 310 grams

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Synopsis

This book argues that a particular perspective on poetry leads to a recognition of its essential role in education, and provides a set of principles for an approach to teaching poetry that integrates the study of language and literature.

About the Author

Professor Henry Widdowson is Emeritus Professor of Education, University of London, and has also been Professor of Applied Linguistics at Essex University and Professor of English Linguistics at the University of Vienna.