Back to matchesWe found a matchYour institution may have rights to this item. Sign in to continue.TitleTWENTIETH-CENTURY POETRY.AuthorsPerloff, MarjorieAbstractExamines poetry in the twentieth-century. Discussion of the features of poetry; Difference between poetry and prose; Controversy about 'literary' versus 'ordinary' language.SubjectsLITERARY criticism; POETRY (Literary form); PROSE literature; STANDARD languagePublicationContemporary Literature, 1980, Vol 21, Issue 2, p291ISSN0010-7484Publication typeLiterary CriticismDOI10.2307/1207922