{"product_id":"poetry-a-very-short-introduction-9780199229116","title":"Poetry: A Very Short Introduction","description":"Poetry, arguably, has a greater range of conceptual meaning than perhaps any other term in English. At the most basic level everyone can recognize it--it is a kind of literature that uses special linguistic devices of organization and expression for aesthetic effect. However, far grander claims have been made for poetry than this -- such as Shelley's that the poets \"are the unacknowledged legislators of the world,\" and that poetry is \"a higher truth.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this \u003cem\u003eVery Short Introduction\u003c\/em\u003e Bernard O'Donoghue provides a fascinating look at the many different forms of writing which have been called \"poetry\" -- from the Greeks to the present day. As well as questioning what poetry \u003cem\u003eis\u003c\/em\u003e, he asks what poetry is \u003cem\u003efor\u003c\/em\u003e, and considers contemporary debates on its value. Is there a universality to poetry? And does it have a duty of public utility and responsibility? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eABOUT THE SERIES: \u003c\/strong\u003e The \u003cem\u003eVery Short Introductions\u003c\/em\u003e series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBernard O'Donoghue\u003c\/strong\u003e is an Emeritus Fellow of Wadham College, where he taught Medieval English and Modern Irish Poetry. Also a poet and a literary critic, his poetry collection \u003cem\u003eGunpowder\u003c\/em\u003e (Chatto \u0026amp; Windus, 1995) was awarded the 1995 Whitbread Poetry Award. He has authored and edited several titles, including \u003cem\u003eThe Cambridge Companion to Seamus Heaney\u003c\/em\u003e (CUP, 2008) and \u003cem\u003eReading Chaucer's Poems: A Guided Selection\u003c\/em\u003e (Faber, 2015). In 2006, his translation of \u003cem\u003eSir Gawain and the Green Knight\u003c\/em\u003e was published by Penguin.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50631728005394,"sku":"9780199229116","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_20a76a99-0aa5-46c4-a760-1753d70bdb4e.jpg?v=1732781240","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/poetry-a-very-short-introduction-9780199229116","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}