Poetry : a survivor's guide / Mark Yakich.

By:

Yakich, Mark

Publisher: New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2015Description: x, 222 pages : illustrations ; 20 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781501309502 (hardback)
9781501309496 (paperback)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

808.1 23

LOC classification:

PN1031 .Y35 2015

Other classification:

LIT014000 | LAN005000

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: -- I. Introduction: What Is a Poem? -- II. Reading Poetry -- III. Writing Poetry -- IV. Poetic Practices: How To Live with Poetry -- Bibliography -- Index.

Summary: "Playful and serious, unforgiving and compassionate, Poetry: A Survivor's Guide offers an original take on a subject both loved and feared. In a series of provocative and inspiring propositions, the act of reading a poem is made new, and the act of writing one is made over. Questions of poetry's difficulty, pretension, and relevance are explored with insight and daring. In an age of new media and social networking, this handbook-cum-manifesto provides fresh reverence for one of our oldest forms of art"-- Provided by publisher.Summary: "A provocative and practical guide, written for students of creative writing as well as literary studies, to an art form that is both loved and feared"-- Provided by publisher.

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	NMC Library	Stacks	PN1031 .Y35 2015 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		33039001397396

Includes index.

"Playful and serious, unforgiving and compassionate, Poetry: A Survivor's Guide offers an original take on a subject both loved and feared. In a series of provocative and inspiring propositions, the act of reading a poem is made new, and the act of writing one is made over. Questions of poetry's difficulty, pretension, and relevance are explored with insight and daring. In an age of new media and social networking, this handbook-cum-manifesto provides fresh reverence for one of our oldest forms of art"-- Provided by publisher.

"A provocative and practical guide, written for students of creative writing as well as literary studies, to an art form that is both loved and feared"-- Provided by publisher.

Machine generated contents note: -- I. Introduction: What Is a Poem? -- II. Reading Poetry -- III. Writing Poetry -- IV. Poetic Practices: How To Live with Poetry -- Bibliography -- Index.

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