| A Poet's Craft: A Comprehensive Guide to Making and Sharing Your Poetry Contributor(s): Finch, Annie Ridley Crane (Author) |
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ISBN: 0472033646 ISBN-13: 9780472033645 Publisher: University of Michigan Press OUR PRICE: $39.85 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Poetry - Language Arts & Disciplines | Writing - General |
| Dewey: 808.1 |
| LCCN: 2011020876 |
| Physical Information: 1.7" H x 6" W x 8.9" (2.10 lbs) 736 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A Poet's Crafttranscends the limitations of current books, combining the best of three types of poetry-writing guides: textbooks for academic use, general guides to writing poetry, and guides to writing in form. Like textbooks, it includes poetry-writing exercises and discussion of classic and contemporary poems as examples, and is logically organized to provide a complete overview of the elements of poetry writing, from diction to trope to free verse. Like general poetry guides, it has a tone lively and mature enough for the nonundergraduate, and includes sections on journaling and inspiration, revision, publishing, and even how to assemble a poetry book. Like form guides, A Poet's Craftprovides an introduction to meter and to writing formal poetry. Finch's book goes further than any poetry-writing guide now available to give readers a thorough, eclectic, and exciting introduction to every aspect of the art of poetry. |