Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics: Fourth Edition 4th Revised edition

This is the first new edition in almost twenty years of a standard reference work on the theory and practice of poetry (and associated linguistic arts). The update adds a full index. The editors have broadened the book's scope to include many countries and major traditions of poetics in languages other than English. Terms from Chinese, Japanese, Indian, and Arabic poetics are given skilled attention, and the continent of Africa receives some welcome respect. Western avant-gardes that have reached academic prominence in the last twenty years are also included. The editors (Roland Greene, Stephen Cushman, Clare Cavanagh, Jahan Ramazani, and Paul Rouzer) have not made uniform rules for who and what is included; poetics is a field in flux that spans a great distance between historical and contemporary trends, and a major goal of the new edition is to support conversation between classical poetics and growing new movements in the field. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Through three editions over more than four decades, The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics has built an unrivaled reputation as the most comprehensive and authoritative reference for students, scholars, and poets on all aspects of its subject: history, movements, genres, prosody, rhetorical devices, critical terms, and more. Now this landmark work has been thoroughly revised and updated for the twenty-first century. Compiled by an entirely new team of editors, the fourth edition--the first new edition in almost twenty years--reflects recent changes in literary and cultural studies, providing up-to-date coverage and giving greater attention to the international aspects of poetry, all while preserving the best of the previous volumesAt well over a million words and more than 1,000 entries, the Encyclopedia has unparalleled breadth and depth. Entries range in length from brief paragraphs to major essays of 15,000 words, offering a more thorough treatment--including expert synthesis and indispensable bibliographies--than conventional handbooks or dictionaries.This is a book that no reader or writer of poetry will want to be without. Thoroughly revised and updated by a new editorial team for twenty-first-century students, scholars, and poetsMore than 250 new entries cover recent terms, movements, and related topics Broader international coverage includes articles on the poetries of more than 110 nations, regions, and languagesExpanded coverage of poetries of the non-Western and developing worlds Updated bibliographies and cross-references New, easier-to-use page design Fully indexed for the first time