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The Discovery of Poetry: A Field Guide to Reading and Writing Poems (Harvest Original)by Frances Mayes
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:The bestselling author of "Under the Tuscan Sun" brings poetry out of the classroom and into the homes of everyday readers.
About the AuthorFrances Mayes is the author of the New York Times bestsellers Under the Tuscan Sun, Bella Tuscany, and In Tuscany, as well as five books of poetry, most recently Ex Voto. Until last year, she taught at San Francisco State University, where she was Chair of the Creative Writing Department. Mayes has published poems in the Atlantic Monthly, the Iowa Review, Ploughshares, Mother Jones, the New England Review, the Mississippi Review, and more. She divides her time between San Francisco and Cortona, Italy. Table of ContentsContents Invitation 1. Sources and Approaches The Origin of a Poem The Art of Reading Poems 2. Words: Texture and Sound Texture of Language Choosing Words The Muscle of Language Sound Patterns The Surprise of Language The Kinship of Words Poems 3. Images: The Perceptual Field Three Image Poems Images and Perception Literal Images Poems Figurative Images Symbols Poems 4. The Speaker: The Eye of the Poem The Invented "I" The Personal "I" Speaker The Public Voice The Invisible Speaker Poems 5. Rhyme and Repetition Rhyme Poems Repetition Poems 6. Meter: The Measured Flow What Is Meter? Scansion Iambic Pentameter More Key Meters Two Other Metrical Options Rhythm and Meaning Poems 7. Free Verse The Genesis of Free Verse The Free Verse Craft of the Line Voice Free Verse, the Tradition and Beyond Poems 8. Traditional and Open Forms Looking at Forms Traditional Forms Poems Open Forms Prose Poems Open Forms Poems 9. Subject and Style Types of Poems Style Poems on Four Subjects Poems 10. Interpretation: The Wide Response What Is Meaning? Gaps and Holes Power Sources Critical Discriminations Poems 11. A Poet's Handbook Invoking Your Muse Beginning with a White Page Suggestions for Writing and Revising Exercises Your Poems out the Door Index of Titles Index of Authors and Titles Index of Terms and Topics What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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