Title: A companion to poetic genre
Description: "A Companion to Poetic Genre brings together over 40 contributions from leading academics to provide critical overviews of poetic genres and their modern adaptations.  Covers a large range of poetic cultural traditions from Britain, Ireland, North America, Japan and the Caribbea  Summarises many genres from their earliest origins to their most recent renderings  The only full-length critical collection to deal with modern adaptations of poetic genres  Contributors include Bernard O'Donoghue, Stephen Burt, Jahan Ramazani, and many other notable scholars of poetry and poetics"--

"This eagerly awaited companion features over 40 contributions from leading academicsaround the world, and offers critical overviews of numerous poetic genres"--
Subjects: Poetics, History and criticism, Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, History, Poetry, history and criticism, Literary form