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The Failure of Conservatism in Modern British Poetry
by Andrew Duncan  Publisher Comments A treatment of 40 years of British poetry from the angle of time. We watch the wonderful helplessness of new poetics as it struggles to free itself from the chrysalis of the old. We watch the life-cycle of new ideas as they open up chaos, channel it into...
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Poets on the Psalms
by Lynn Domina Publisher Comments Reverential, celebratory, antagonistic, and even erotic, this remarkable collection of essays interprets the Psalms as a collection of poetry. Written by 14 acclaimed poets, the essays approach the Psalms from a personal, often autobiographical...
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A Poetry Criticism Reader
by Jerry Harp Publisher Comments A timely and informative collection, A Poetry Criticism Reader brings together eleven essays and reviews that constitute some of the best and most illuminating poetry criticism from the past decade. In his introduction to the book, editor-poet Jerry Harp...
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Poet's Dictionary: A Handbook of Prosody and Poetic Devices
by William Packard Publisher Comments Preface Why would anyone want to try to write a dictionary of poetry?
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Poetry Handbook a Dictionary of Terms 4TH Edition
by Babette Deutsch Review "A much-needed work, splendidly done: the definitions are clear; the illustrations apt; what is more, it is a pleasure to read for its own sake, and so belongs to the aristocracy of reference books."(--Richard Wilbur)...
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Masters of Repetition: Poetry, Culture, and Work in Thomson, Wordsworth, Shelley, and Emerson
by Lisa M Steinman Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. [238]-242) and index....
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Blank Verse: A Guide to Its History and Use
by Robert Shaw Publisher Comments Blank verse— unrhymed iambic pentameter— is familiar to many as the form of Shakespeare’ s plays and Milton’ s Paradise Lost. Since its first use in English in the sixteenth century, it has provided poets with a...
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Poetic Obligation: Ethics in Experimental American Poetry After 1945
by G Matthew Jenkins Publisher Comments Since at least the time of Plato’s Republic, the relationship between poetry and ethics has been troubled. Through the prism of what has been called the “new” ethical criticism, inspired by the work of Emmanuel Levinas, G. Matthew...
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The Poetry of War
by James Anderson Winn Publisher Comments Poets from Homer to Bruce Springsteen have given voice to the intensity, horror, and beauty of war. The greatest war poets praise the victor while mourning the victim; they honor the dead while raising deep questions about the meaning of honor. Poets...
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Industrial Poetics: Demo Tracks for a Mobile Culture (Contemp North American Poetry)
by Joe Amato Publisher Comments Through a dizzying array of references to subjects ranging from engineering to poetry, on-the-job experiences in academia and industry, conflicts between working-class and intellectual labor, the privatization of universities, and the contradictions of...
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A Sun Within a Sun: The Power and Elegance of Poetry
by Claire Chi Ah Lyu Publisher Comments A Sun within a Sun is a sustained poetic reflection on the enterprise of poetry, on what poetry is and might be, not only for poet and theorist but also for reader, critic, teacher, and student. It sees poetry as life at its most genuine. Using...
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Ecopoetry: A Critical Introduction
by J Scott Bryson Publisher Comments The Burgeoning Field of ecocriticism is beginning to address the work of ecopoets such as Gary Snyder, Mary Oliver, W. S. Merwin, and Wendell Berry, among others, whose poems increasingly deal with ecological and environmental issues. Ecopoetry: A...
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Basic Concepts of Poetics (Penn State Series in German Literature)
by Emil Staiger Book News Annotation Textbook for undergraduate students in a variety of clinical areas including pediatrics, obstetrics, emergency room, and crisis center. The first edition (1986) was named Book of the Year in its field by the American journal of nursing. This 1946...
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Articulate Flesh: Male Homo-Eroticism and Modern Poetry
by Gregory Woods Publisher Comments Arguing that homosexual poetry is part of the mainstream of poetic writing-not a distinct and differentiated category within it-Gregory Woods provides a fastidious study of homosexual poetry in the twentieth century that emphasizes the homo erotic themes...
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Poem Behind the Poem (04 Edition)
by Frank (ed.) Stewart Publisher Comments ""The translator must keep faith with the deeper need that poetry fulfills in our lives, Ýto¨ discover not what the poem says but what it does.""-Tony Barnstone, in his essay "Poem Behind the Poem"<P>The translation of Asian poetry into Western...
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History, Memory, and the Literary Left: Modern American Poetry, 1935-1968 (Contemporary North American Poetry)
by John Lowney Publisher Comments In this nuanced revisionist history of modern American poetry, John Lowney investigates the Depression era's impact on late modernist American poetry from the socioeconomic crisis of the 1930s through the emergence of the new social movements of the...
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20th Century Pleasures
by Robert Hass Publisher Comments Winner of the 1984 National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism, this now classic collection of essays focuses on three often-overlooked elements of contemporary poetry: its depth of feeling and imagination; its high degree of often-concealed craft...
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Soon Come: Jamaican Spirituality, Jamaican Poetics
by Hugh Hodges Publisher Comments Soon Come celebrates Jamaican poetry as an expression and extension of the island's rich spiritual traditions, offering fresh insights into some of the late twentieth century's most important and influential poetry. Drawing inspiration from the history...
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Accent on Meter a Handbook for Readers Of
by Joseph Powell Book News Annotation A text intended to be used in conjunction with a poetry anthology in a course on reading and appreciating poetry to teach students how to scan poetry. It describes the various forms of meter, and provides examples to practice on. Annotation ...
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The Art of Poetry: How to Read a Poem
by Shira Wolosky Publisher Comments Sweden's Social Democratic movement is widely regarded as the most successful of its kind in the world. Its success is often attributed to its pragmatism rather than its consistent ideological commitment. This book argues that, on the contrary, Sweden's...
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