A Linguistic History of English Poetry
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A Linguistic History of English Poetry by Richard Bradford
This introductory book takes the reader through literary history from Renaissance to Postmodernism and considers individual texts as paradigms which can both reflect and unsettle their broader linguistic and cultural contexts.
Bradford, Richard: - Richard Bradford is Research Professor in English at Ulster University and Visiting Professor at the University of Avignon. He has published over thirty acclaimed books, including a biography of Philip Larkin, which was an Independent Book of the Year; the authorised biography of Alan Sillitoe; a life of Kingsley Amis; and a biography of Kingsley's son, Martin. He has written for the Spectator and the Sunday Times and has been interviewed on his work for various BBC Radio Arts programmes, as well as appearing on the Channel 4 series Writers in their Own Words. His The Importance of Elsewhere, on Larkin the photographer, inspired a BBC TV programme and, most recently, his biography Orwell was given five stars as an 'excellent new biography' by The Telegraph.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780415070584 |
| ISBN 10 | 0415070589 |
| Title | A Linguistic History of English Poetry |
| Author | Richard Bradford |
| Series | Interface |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Year published | 1993-08-26 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
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