| How to Read a Poem Contributor(s): Eagleton, Terry (Author) |
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ISBN: 1405151412 ISBN-13: 9781405151412 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons OUR PRICE: $30.64 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2006 Annotation: In this witty, accessible book, Terry Eagleton argues that the art of reading poetry is as much in danger of becoming extinct as thatching or clog dancing. On the whole, students today are not taught how to be sensitive to language - how to read a poem with due attention to its tone, mood, pitch, pace, rhythm and texture, rather than just to 'what it says'. To demonstrate how this works in practice, the author takes a wide range of poems from the Renaissance to the present day and submits them to brilliantly illuminating close analysis. As one of the world's leading literary theorists, Eagleton also summons the aid of such pioneering critics as the Russian Formalists to raise some provocative general questions: Lucid, entertaining and full of insight, "How To Read A Poem" is designed to banish the intimidation that too often attends the subject of poetry, and in doing so to bring it into the personal possession of the students and the general reader. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Poetry |
| Dewey: 808.1 |
| LCCN: 2006008194 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.7" W x 9.5" (0.70 lbs) 192 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Lucid, entertaining and full of insight, How To Read A Poem is designed to banish the intimidation that too often attends the subject of poetry, and in doing so to bring it into the personal possession of the students and the general reader.
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