The resistance to poetry /:

Poems convey knowledge, argues Longenbach, but do so in forms that work against their being facile vehicles for the efficient transmission of knowledge. This self-resistance is the source of the reader's pleasure: we read poetry not to escape difficulty but to embrace it.

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1. Verfasser: Longenbach, James (VerfasserIn)
Format: Regierungsdokument Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2004
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Zusammenfassung:Poems convey knowledge, argues Longenbach, but do so in forms that work against their being facile vehicles for the efficient transmission of knowledge. This self-resistance is the source of the reader's pleasure: we read poetry not to escape difficulty but to embrace it.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xii, 123 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 109-118) and index.
ISBN:9780226492513
0226492516

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