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Author Grene, Nicholas

Title Yeats's Poetic Codes
Published Oxford : OUP Oxford, 2008

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Description 1 online resource (260 pages)
Contents Contents; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Dates; 2. This and That, Here and There; 3. Dream; 4. Place Names; 5. Beasts and Birds; 6. Tense and Mood; 7. Voices; 8. Bitter/Sweet; Conclusion: But Half; Bibliography; Index of Poems; General Index
Summary A new approach to Yeats's poems, concentrating on the reading experience itself. By picking out the distinctive 'codes' of Yeats's poetic practice, such as his use of dates and place names, characteristic vocabulary, and stylistic preferences, Grene's study will send readers back to the work with a new sense of understanding and enjoyment. - ;Nicholas Grene explores Yeats's poetic codes of practice, the key words and habits of speech that shape the reading experience of his poetry. Where previous studies have sought to decode his work, expounding its symbolic meanings by references to Yeats's
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-232) and indexes
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Subject Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939 -- Literary style
SUBJECT Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939 fast
Subject Literary style
Form Electronic book
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