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by: C.S. Lewis
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 821
EAN: 9780156027984
ISBN: 0156027984
Label: Harvest Books
Manufacturer: Harvest Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 192
Publication Date: December 23, 2002
Publisher: Harvest Books
Sales Rank: 649284
Studio: Harvest Books
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Lewis often said that his favorite form of literary expression was the narrative poem, although he appears to have written just four, all of which are collected here. They exhibit the romantic aspects of his temperament and reveal his deep love for medieval and Renaissance poetry. Edited and with a Preface by Walter Hooper.
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Rating: - Good stories in poetry
Narrative poems are distinguished because of their aim to tell a story, rather than share a few thoughts, feelings, or experiences like shorter poetry does. For my money, the best narrative poet is Longfellow, with great tales like Hiawatha, The Courtship of Miles Standish, or Evangeline; Lewis wrote four narrative poems, only one of which reached publication during his lifetime: Dymer. Dymer is long and complicated and only partially successful as a good story. Walter Hooper, who edited this ... Read More
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