How to Read Poetry Like a Professor: A Quippy and Sonorous Guide to Verse Contributor(s): Foster, Thomas C. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0062791877 ISBN-13: 9780062791870 Publisher: Harper Large Print
Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: March 2018 |
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BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Poetry - Poetry | American - African American - Language Arts & Disciplines | Writing - Poetry |
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" L (0.85 lbs) 320 pages |
Features: Large Print, Price on Product |
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Publisher Description: From the bestselling author of How to Read Literature Like a Professor comes this essential primer to reading poetry like a professor that unlocks the keys to enjoying works from Lord Byron to the Beatles. No literary form is as admired and feared as poetry. Admired for its lengthy pedigree--a line of poets extending back to a time before recorded history--and a ubiquitous presence in virtually all cultures, poetry is also revered for its great beauty and the powerful emotions it evokes. But the form has also instilled trepidation in its many admirers mainly because of a lack of familiarity and knowledge. From classic poets such as Shakespeare, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and Edna St. Vincent Millay to later poets such as E.E. Cummings, Billy Collins, and Seamus Heaney, How to Read Poetry Like a Professor examines a wide array of poems and teaches readers:
With How to Read Poetry Like a Professor, readers can rediscover poetry and reap its many rewards. |
Contributor Bio(s): Foster, Thomas C.: - Thomas C. Foster, author of How to Read Literature Like a Professor and Reading the Silver Screen, is professor emeritus of English at the University of Michigan, Flint, where he taught classes in contemporary fiction, drama, and poetry, as well as creative writing and freelance writing. He is also the author of several books on 20th-century British and Irish literature and poetry. |
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