TY - BOOK ID - 145292620 TI - Suggestion and statement in poetry PY - 2013 SN - 9781472507990 PB - London New Delhi New York [etc.] : Bloomsbury Academic, DB - UniCat KW - Poésie anglaise KW - Ambiguïté KW - Histoire er critique. KW - Dans la littérature. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:145292620 AB - Instated meaning has always been a feature of poetry, but it is in our own century that it has established itself not only as the prevailing mode of expression but also as the central concern of analytic criticism. Although a variety of terms, such as Ambiguity, Irony and Gesture, have been employed to discuss this aspect of poetry and have gained popularity, Professor Rayan shows that 'Suggestion', occurring as far back as in Edgar Allan Poe's writings and later in Symbolist theorizing, is a concept of much longer standing and of equal serviceability. ER -