The origins of free verse /
Kirby-Smith, H. T.(Henry Tompkins),1938-
Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press,
c1996.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-289) and index.
Some preliminary issues -- The problems of organic form -- Can free verse be classified? -- The first cycle -- "Those monstrous compositions" -- From Romantic afflatus to Victorian contraption -- Bards and prophets -- "No verse is really free" -- Ideogrammatology -- The prose poem.
American poetry
Free verse
English language
English poetry
Imagist poetry