No Dialect Please, You're a Poet
Author | : Claire Hélie |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 319 |
Release | : 2019-07-23 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781000124200 |
ISBN-13 | : 1000124207 |
Rating | : 4/5 (00 Downloads) |
Download or read book No Dialect Please, You're a Poet written by Claire Hélie and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-07-23 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No Dialect Please, You're a Poet is situated at the crossroads in research areas of literature and linguistics. This collection of essays brings to the forefront the many ways in which dialect is present in poetry and how it is realized in both written texts and oral performances. In examining works from a wide range of poets and poetries, from acclaimed poets to emerging ones, this book offers a comprehensive introduction to poetics of dialects from a variety of regions, across two centuries of English poetry.