The verse novel in English : origins, growth and expansion /
Kempton, Adrian,author.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Origins of a genre: questions of terminology -- Growth of a genre [PS1] -- European romantic masterworks -- Victorian verse novels and novellas -- Modernist experimentation -- Expansion of a genre: a survey of contemporary verse novels in English 1980-2010 [PS2] -- Epic, science fiction and myth -- Historical and picaresque narratives -- Social issues, fantasy and crime -- Amatory and epistolary strains -- Autobiography and self-construction -- Conclusion -- A note on versification -- Corpus.
Narrative poetry, English
English poetry
English poetry.
Narrative poetry, English.