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Poetry : a survivor's guide / Mark Yakich.

By: 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 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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