| Moods in Poetry: A Guidebook for Writers and Readers Print Edition Contributor(s): Low, Denise (Author) |
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ISBN: 193930167X ISBN-13: 9781939301673 Publisher: Mammoth OUR PRICE: $16.10 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Teaching Methods & Materials - Arts & Humanities - Language Arts & Disciplines | Writing - General - Poetry |
| Physical Information: 0.28" H x 6" W x 9" (0.40 lbs) 118 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: From raging bull to trilling lark, poets assume many masks. This book explains how each poem (or lyrical prose piece) begins with an emotion and then finds its unique form in language. Moods in Poetry: A Guidebook for Writers and Readers, is perfect for workshops, classrooms, and individual writers. Beginning writers as well as advanced practitioners, and readers, will benefit from in-depth treatment of an essential element of writing.Thorough explanations of tone, voice, narration, and mood show inner workings of literary works. Each section presents extended definitions, suggested poetic forms, craft tips, writing prompts, and examples. Chapters cover spells, romance, sorrow, joy, awe, celebration, reflection, biofilia (love of nature), anger, depression, humor, whimsy, and occasional poems.These moods pair with certain forms, such as free verse, elegies, riddles, sonnets, and odes. Examples show traditions as well as innovations in forms. Model poems range from Sappho, the earliest Greek poet of the written language, to contemporary experimental poets. Review of Greek and Anglo Saxon origins informs discussion, and discussion of contemporary poetry practice. The author brings decades of experience from advanced creative writing classes (University of Richmond, University of Kansas, Haskell Indian Nations University) and professional workshops for adults. She is a former state poet laurate. Her recent books are from the University of Nebraska Press, Spartan Press, Red Mountain Press, Woodley, and others. |
Contributor Bio(s): Low, Denise: - Denise Low, Kansas Poet Laureate 2007-09, is author of over 30 books. Forward Reviews writes of her memoir The Turtle's Beating Heart: One Family's Story of Lenape Survival: "An accomplished poet, Low's well-honed prose flows with lyric intensity." American Book Review wrote of her Jackalope, short stories: "an engaging and humorous read, one that reveals a great deal about the parallel, contemporary Native America that exists and thrives in ways largely invisible to many other Americans." She teaches for Baker University's School of Professional and Graduate Studies. She founded the Creative Writing program at Haskell Indian Nations University, where she taught 27 years. She was visiting professor at the University of Richmond and the University of Kansas. She has won three Kansas Notable Book Awards and has recognition from Seaton Prizes, Pami Jurassi Bush Award of the Academy of American Poets, Roberts Prize, and the Lichtor Poetry Prize. Low has an MFA (Wichita State U.) and Ph.D. (Kansas U.). The Associated Writers and Writing Programs (AWP), national creative academic programs and independent writers, selected her to serve as board president. She is on their Inclusivity Committee and is a contributing editor to AWP's The Writer's Chronicle. She is an advisory editor for New Letters. |
