Poetry An Introduction

Author : Paul Hetherington,Cassandra Atherton
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2020-10-13
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780691180649

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Prose Poetry by Paul Hetherington,Cassandra Atherton Pdf

An engaging and authoritative introduction to an increasingly important and popular literary genre Prose Poetry is the first book of its kind—an engaging and authoritative introduction to the history, development, and features of English-language prose poetry, an increasingly important and popular literary form that is still too little understood and appreciated. Poets and scholars Paul Hetherington and Cassandra Atherton introduce prose poetry’s key characteristics, chart its evolution from the nineteenth century to the present, and discuss many historical and contemporary prose poems that both demonstrate their great diversity around the Anglophone world and show why they represent some of today’s most inventive writing. A prose poem looks like prose but reads like poetry: it lacks the line breaks of other poetic forms but employs poetic techniques, such as internal rhyme, repetition, and compression. Prose Poetry explains how this form opens new spaces for writers to create riveting works that reshape the resources of prose while redefining the poetic. Discussing prose poetry’ s precursors, including William Wordsworth and Walt Whitman, and prose poets such as Charles Simic, Russell Edson, Lydia Davis, and Claudia Rankine, the book pays equal attention to male and female prose poets, documenting women’s essential but frequently unacknowledged contributions to the genre. Revealing how prose poetry tests boundaries and challenges conventions to open up new imaginative vistas, this is an essential book for all readers, students, teachers, and writers of prose poetry.

Author : Michael Driscoll
Publisher : Black Dog & Leventhal
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2020-03-10
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780762469666

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A Child's Introduction to Poetry (Revised and Updated) by Michael Driscoll Pdf

This delightful, interactive journey through the history of the world's poetry now includes a removable poster and access to downloadable audio, allowing kids to listen and learn as they experience the magic of the spoken word. Poetry can be fun -- especially when we can read it, hear it, and discover its many delights. A Child's Introduction to Poetry joyously introduces kids (and parents) to the greatest poets in history -- from Homer and Shakespeare to Langston Hughes and Maya Angelou -- and provides excellent examples of their work and commentary on what makes it so special and everlasting. The book covers every style of poem, from epics and odes, to nonsense verse and haikus, and is filled with examples of each one. This multimedia package encourages children to listen, read, and learn, and opens the door to a lifetime of appreciation of a rich literary tradition. Also included is a removable, fold-out poster of "Jabberwocky" by Lewis Carroll, one of history's most iconic poems.

Author : A Kingsley Porter University Professor Helen Vendler,Helen Vendler
Publisher : Bedford Books
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2013-12-01
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 1457652196

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Poems, Poets, Poetry by A Kingsley Porter University Professor Helen Vendler,Helen Vendler Pdf

Author : Michael Meyer
Publisher : Bedford/St. Martin's
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2012-08-03
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 1457607301

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Poetry: An Introduction by Michael Meyer Pdf

PACKAGE THIS TITLE WITH OUR 2016 MLA SUPPLEMENT, Documenting Sources in MLA Style (package ISBN-13: 9781319084400). Get the most recent updates on MLA citation in a convenient, 40-page resource based on The MLA Handbook, 8th Edition, with plenty of models. Browse our catalog or contact your representative for a full listing of updated titles and packages, or to request a custom ISBN. Flexible enough for any poetry course, this text is designed to make your students lifelong lovers of poetry. It combines classic poetry with today’s hippest verse, mixing in lots of contemporary life, humor, and universal themes. In-depth chapters on authors such as Emily Dickinson and Billy Collins reveal the real-life contexts in which poets create. There is also plenty of support for students — with thorough chapters on the poetic elements, six sensible chapters on critical reading and writing, and many helpful sample close readings, writing assignments, and student papers.

Author : Ruth Miller,Robert A Greenberg
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 838 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1981-11-11
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781350317901

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Poetry: An Introduction by Ruth Miller,Robert A Greenberg Pdf

This book provides an introduction to the elements of poetry, formulates a series of contexts for the interpretation of poems, and offers a substantial anthology. Its purpose is to enable students to read poems with understanding and pleasure and to provide them with a basic vocabulary for analysing and talking about poems.

Author : Billy Collins
Publisher : University of Arkansas Press
Page : 81 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2014-02-01
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781610750226

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The Apple That Astonished Paris by Billy Collins Pdf

Bruce Weber in the New York Times called Billy Collins “the most popular poet in America.” He is the author of many books of poetry, including, most recently, The Rain in Portugal: Poems. In 1988 the University of Arkansas Press published Billy Collins’s The Apple That Astonished Paris, his “first real book of poems,” as he describes it in a new, delightful preface written expressly for this new printing to help celebrate both the Press’s twenty-fifth anniversary and this book, one of the Press’s all-time best sellers. In his usual witty and dry style, Collins writes, “I gathered together what I considered my best poems and threw them in the mail.” After “what seemed like a very long time” Press director Miller Williams, a poet as well, returned the poems to him in the “familiar self-addressed, stamped envelope.” He told Collins that there was good work here but that there was work to be done before he’d have a real collection he and the Press could be proud of: “Williams’s words were more encouragement than I had ever gotten before and more than enough to inspire me to begin taking my writing more seriously than I had before.” This collection includes some of Collins’s most anthologized poems, including “Introduction to Poetry,” “Another Reason Why I Don’t Keep a Gun in the House,” and “Advice to Writers.” Its success over the years is testament to Collins’s talent as one of our best poets, and as he writes in the preface, “this new edition . . . is a credit to the sustained vibrancy of the University of Arkansas Press and, I suspect, to the abiding spirit of its former director, my first editorial father.”

Author : Michael Meyer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 668 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : College readers
ISBN : 0312148356

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Poetry by Michael Meyer Pdf

Author : Tom Furniss,Michael Bath
Publisher : Pearson Education
Page : 652 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0582894204

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Reading Poetry by Tom Furniss,Michael Bath Pdf

'Reading Poetry' provides a structured introduction to ideas and techniques which will enable students to produce informed and exciting readings of poetry.

Author : Helen Doss
Publisher : Cognella Academic Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2018-12-31
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1516547330

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Understanding Poetry by Helen Doss Pdf

Author : Bernard O'Donoghue
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 143 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2019-09-26
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780192545282

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Poetry: A Very Short Introduction by Bernard O'Donoghue Pdf

Poetry, arguably, has a greater range of conceptual meaning than perhaps any other term in English. At the most basic level everyone can recognise it—it is a kind of literature that uses special linguistic devices of organization and expression for aesthetic effect. However, far grander claims have been made for poetry than this—such as Shelley's that the poets 'are the unacknowledged legislators of the world', and that poetry is 'a higher truth'. In this Very Short Introduction, Bernard O'Donoghue provides a fascinating look at the many different forms of writing which have been called 'poetry'—from the Greeks to the present day. As well as questioning what poetry is, he asks what poetry is for, and considers contemporary debates on its value. Is there a universality to poetry? And does it have a duty of public utility and responsibility? ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.

Author : Michael Fuller
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2020-10-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781684175833

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An Introduction to Chinese Poetry by Michael Fuller Pdf

"This innovative textbook for learning classical Chinese poetry moves beyond the traditional anthology of poems translated into English and instead brings readers—including those with no knowledge of Chinese—as close as possible to the texture of the poems in their original language. The first two chapters introduce the features of classical Chinese that are important for poetry and then survey the formal and rhetorical conventions of classical poetry. The core chapters present the major poets and poems of the Chinese poetic tradition from earliest times to the lyrics of the Song Dynasty (960–1279).Each chapter begins with an overview of the historical context for the poetry of a particular period and provides a brief biography for each poet. Each of the poems appears in the original Chinese with a word-by-word translation, followed by Michael A. Fuller’s unadorned translation, and a more polished version by modern translators. A question-based study guide highlights the important issues in reading and understanding each particular text.Designed for classroom use and for self-study, the textbook’s goal is to help the reader appreciate both the distinctive voices of the major writers in the Chinese poetic tradition and the grand contours of the development of that tradition."

Author : Frances Mayes
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 548 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0156007622

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The Discovery of Poetry by Frances Mayes Pdf

Beginning with basic terminology and techniques, Mayes shows how focusing on one aspect of a poem can help you to better understand, appreciate, and enjoy the reading and writing experience.

Author : Glynn Young,Scott Edward Anderson
Publisher : T. S. Poetry Press
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2013-11
Category : Poetics
ISBN : 0989854299

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Poetry at Work by Glynn Young,Scott Edward Anderson Pdf

There is value in taking poetry to work, and finding the poetry that's already there. Publications like "Harvard Business Review" and "FastCompany" are starting to write about the power of poetry-noting poetry's effectiveness in building creative thinkers and problem solvers. Yet there is no single source to guide those who are *at work* every day, with little direction for how to explore the power of poetry in the workplace. Glynn Young's "Poetry at Work" is that guide. From discussions about how poetry is built into the very fabric of work, to practical suggestions on how to be a poet at work, this is a book that meets a very real need. Altogether-a landmark book that moves beyond David Whyte's seminal book on poetry and the corporate world. More than just philosophy, this book brings the hope of practice and surprising discovery, the benefits of stress relief and increased accomplishment. *** The Masters in Fine Living Series is designed to help people live a whole life through the power of reading, writing, and just plain living. Look for titles with the tabs "read, write, live, play, learn, " or "grow"-and join a culture of individuals interested in living deeply, richly.

Author : Stanley Appelbaum
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2012-04-18
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9780486119991

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Introduction to French Poetry by Stanley Appelbaum Pdf

Works by Villon, Ronsard, Voltaire, Mallarmé, Verlaine, Rimbaud, Apollinaire, many more. Full French texts with literal English translations on facing pages. Biographical, critical information on each poet. Introduction. 31 black-and-white illustrations.

Author : John Sitter
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2011-10-06
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781139502467

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The Cambridge Introduction to Eighteenth-Century Poetry by John Sitter Pdf

For readers daunted by the formal structures and rhetorical sophistication of eighteenth-century English poetry, this introduction by John Sitter brings the techniques and the major poets of the period 1700–1785 triumphantly to life. Sitter begins by offering a guide to poetic forms ranging from heroic couplets to blank verse, then demonstrates how skilfully male and female poets of the period used them as vehicles for imaginative experience, feelings and ideas. He then provides detailed analyses of individual works by poets from Finch, Swift and Pope, to Gray, Cowper and Barbauld. An approachable introduction to English poetry and major poets of the eighteenth century, this book provides a grounding in poetic analysis useful to students and general readers of literature.