Figures of Memory - Poetry, Space, and the Past (Hardcover)


Through incisive readings of ten poets from William Wordsworth to Alice Oswald, this book shows how poets have engaged with the possibilities and pitfalls of memory. Linking poets' uses of personal, aesthetic, and collective memory, as well as history, the book provides a new critical template for understanding how literature engages with the past.

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Through incisive readings of ten poets from William Wordsworth to Alice Oswald, this book shows how poets have engaged with the possibilities and pitfalls of memory. Linking poets' uses of personal, aesthetic, and collective memory, as well as history, the book provides a new critical template for understanding how literature engages with the past.

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Imprint

Palgrave Macmillan

Country of origin

United Kingdom

Release date

April 2009

Availability

Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days

First published

2009

Authors

Dimensions

216 x 140 x 19mm (L x W x T)

Format

Hardcover

Pages

244

ISBN-13

978-0-230-22353-0

Barcode

9780230223530

Categories

LSN

0-230-22353-2



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