Screen LibraryHow to read poetry like a professor : a quippy and sonorous guide to verse /
"No literary form is as admired and feared as poetry. Admired for its lengthy pedigree--a line of poets extending back to a time before recorded history--and a ubiquitous presence in virtually all cultures, poetry is also revered for its great beauty and the powerful emotions it evokes. But the...
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Harper Perennial,
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| Publisher Address: | New York, NY : |
| Publication Dates: | [2018] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: |
"No literary form is as admired and feared as poetry. Admired for its lengthy pedigree--a line of poets extending back to a time before recorded history--and a ubiquitous presence in virtually all cultures, poetry is also revered for its great beauty and the powerful emotions it evokes. But the form has also instilled trepidation in its many admirers mainly because of a lack of familiarity and knowledge. Poetry demands more from readers--intellectually, emotionally, and spiritually--than other literary forms. Most of us started out loving poetry because it filled our beloved children's books |
| Carrier Form: | 212 pages ; 21 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [191]-193) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780062113788 (paperback) : 006211378X (paperback) |
| Index Number: | PN1031 |
| CLC: | I106.2 |
| Call Number: | I106.2/F757 |
| Contents: | What is poetry? Introduction: A (slightly) alien life-form ; The sounds of sense ; Sounds beyond sense ; Interlude: What the heck is it? -- How is poetry? Redeeming the time ; The rhythm(s) of the Saints ; The long (or short) gray line ; Our word is our bond ; Rhyme thyme ; Look who's talking ; If it's square, it's a sonnet ; A haiku, a rondeau, and a villanelle walk into a bar ; Shapes of things to come ; Interlude: Is verse ever really free? ; Images, symbols, and their friends ; Right out loud ; Bards and Beatles -- Why is poetry? Wanted: a few good Martians ; Conclusion: Supreme fictions |