S well as renewing my thanks to those without whom this book would not exist at all, and giving proper thanks to those readers of the first edition whose feedback showed me how to do better, I must give special and happy thanks to Francis, David, and Jacqui Ingledew, whose friendship and exceptionally generous hospitality allowed me at last to visit Walcott’s Caribbean. To enjoy it does not require technical knowledge, but analysis that is not technically based is mere impressionism. Like all arts it has a technical foundation. ISBN 0–19–926538–0įor ANNE BOWLER PUGH and ANNE BARTON who taught me far more than these basics and for the late, much missed JEREMY MAULE who told me to write them down.Ĭricket is an art. PR502.元8 2005 808.1––dc22 2005021580 Typeset by RefineCatch Limited, Bungay, Suffolk Printed in Great Britain on acid-free paper by Clays Ltd, St Ives plc. Books and reading––Handbooks, manuals, etc. Poetry––Explication––Handbooks, manuals, etc. Criticism–– Authorship––Handbooks, manuals, etc. History language––Versification––Handbooks, manuals, etc. English poetry––History and criticism––Theory, etc.––Handbooks, manuals, etc. Includes bibliographical references and index. The poetry handbook : a guide to reading poetry for pleasure and practical criticism / John Lennard.––2nd ed. Enquiries concerning reproduction outside the scope of the above should be sent to the Rights Department, Oxford University Press, at the address above You must not circulate this book in any other binding or cover and you must impose this same condition on any acquirer British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Data available Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Lennard, John.
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