TY - BOOK ID - 77888217 TI - Phenomenal reading PY - 2012 SN - 0817386017 9780817386016 9780817356941 0817356940 PB - Tuscaloosa University of Alabama Press DB - UniCat KW - Literature, Modern KW - Poetics. KW - Poetry KW - History and criticism. KW - Technique UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77888217 AB - The essays in Phenomenal Reading entice readers to cross accepted barriers, and highlight the work of poets who challenge language-as-usual in academia and the culture at large. Phenomenal Reading is comprised of essays that are central to how best to read poetry. This book examines individually and collectively poets widely recognized as formal and linguistic innovators. Why do their words appear in unconventional orders? What end do these arrangements serve? Why are they striking? Brian Reed focuses on poetic form as a persistent puzzle ER -