Author: John Carey
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300252528
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
A vital, engaging, and hugely enjoyable guide to poetry, from ancient times to the present, by one of our greatest champions of literature The Times and Sunday Times, Best Books of 2020 “[A] fizzing, exhilarating book.”—Sebastian Faulks, Sunday Times What is poetry? If music is sound organized in a particular way, poetry is a way of organizing language. It is language made special so that it will be remembered and valued. It does not always work—over the centuries countless thousands of poems have been forgotten. But this Little History is about some that have not. John Carey tells the stories behind the world’s greatest poems, from the oldest surviving one written nearly four thousand years ago to those being written today. Carey looks at poets whose works shape our views of the world, such as Dante, Chaucer, Shakespeare, Whitman, and Yeats. He also looks at more recent poets, like Derek Walcott, Marianne Moore, and Maya Angelou, who have started to question what makes a poem “great” in the first place. For readers both young and old, this little history shines a light for readers on the richness of the world’s poems—and the elusive quality that makes them all the more enticing.
A Little History of Poetry
Author: John Carey
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300252528
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
A vital, engaging, and hugely enjoyable guide to poetry, from ancient times to the present, by one of our greatest champions of literature The Times and Sunday Times, Best Books of 2020 “[A] fizzing, exhilarating book.”—Sebastian Faulks, Sunday Times What is poetry? If music is sound organized in a particular way, poetry is a way of organizing language. It is language made special so that it will be remembered and valued. It does not always work—over the centuries countless thousands of poems have been forgotten. But this Little History is about some that have not. John Carey tells the stories behind the world’s greatest poems, from the oldest surviving one written nearly four thousand years ago to those being written today. Carey looks at poets whose works shape our views of the world, such as Dante, Chaucer, Shakespeare, Whitman, and Yeats. He also looks at more recent poets, like Derek Walcott, Marianne Moore, and Maya Angelou, who have started to question what makes a poem “great” in the first place. For readers both young and old, this little history shines a light for readers on the richness of the world’s poems—and the elusive quality that makes them all the more enticing.
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300252528
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
A vital, engaging, and hugely enjoyable guide to poetry, from ancient times to the present, by one of our greatest champions of literature The Times and Sunday Times, Best Books of 2020 “[A] fizzing, exhilarating book.”—Sebastian Faulks, Sunday Times What is poetry? If music is sound organized in a particular way, poetry is a way of organizing language. It is language made special so that it will be remembered and valued. It does not always work—over the centuries countless thousands of poems have been forgotten. But this Little History is about some that have not. John Carey tells the stories behind the world’s greatest poems, from the oldest surviving one written nearly four thousand years ago to those being written today. Carey looks at poets whose works shape our views of the world, such as Dante, Chaucer, Shakespeare, Whitman, and Yeats. He also looks at more recent poets, like Derek Walcott, Marianne Moore, and Maya Angelou, who have started to question what makes a poem “great” in the first place. For readers both young and old, this little history shines a light for readers on the richness of the world’s poems—and the elusive quality that makes them all the more enticing.
The Beginnings of Poetry
Author: Francis Barton Gummere
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
Dear Editor: Poems
Author: Joseph Parisi
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393050920
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 495
Book Description
Collects more than six hundred letters to and from the editors of Poetry that were written about and by such figures as Ezra Pound, T.S. Eliot, Robert Frost, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and Wallace Stevens. 10,000 first printing.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393050920
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 495
Book Description
Collects more than six hundred letters to and from the editors of Poetry that were written about and by such figures as Ezra Pound, T.S. Eliot, Robert Frost, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and Wallace Stevens. 10,000 first printing.
Poetry and Prophecy
Author: James L. Kugel
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 9780801495687
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 9780801495687
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
A History of American Poetry
Author: Richard Gray
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1118795423
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
A History of American Poetry presents a comprehensive exploration of the development of American poetic traditions from their pre-Columbian origins to the present day. Offers a detailed and accessible account of the entire range of American poetry Situates the story of American poetry within crucial social and historical contexts, and places individual poets and poems in the relevant intertextual contexts Explores and interprets American poetry in terms of the international positioning and multicultural character of the United States Provides readers with a means to understand the individual works and personalities that helped to shape one of the most significant bodies of literature of the past few centuries
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1118795423
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
A History of American Poetry presents a comprehensive exploration of the development of American poetic traditions from their pre-Columbian origins to the present day. Offers a detailed and accessible account of the entire range of American poetry Situates the story of American poetry within crucial social and historical contexts, and places individual poets and poems in the relevant intertextual contexts Explores and interprets American poetry in terms of the international positioning and multicultural character of the United States Provides readers with a means to understand the individual works and personalities that helped to shape one of the most significant bodies of literature of the past few centuries
The Cambridge History of English Poetry
Author: Michael O'Neill
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521883067
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 1117
Book Description
A literary-historical account of English poetry from Anglo-Saxon writings to the present.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521883067
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 1117
Book Description
A literary-historical account of English poetry from Anglo-Saxon writings to the present.
History of My Heart
Author: Robert Pinsky
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN: 146687841X
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
History of My Heart, winner of the William Carlos Williams Prize, first appeared in 1984. In The New Republic, J.D. McClatchy called it "one of the best books of the past decade." It is Pinsky's third volume of poems--and an ideal introduction to the work of a vital and original contemporary American poet.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN: 146687841X
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
History of My Heart, winner of the William Carlos Williams Prize, first appeared in 1984. In The New Republic, J.D. McClatchy called it "one of the best books of the past decade." It is Pinsky's third volume of poems--and an ideal introduction to the work of a vital and original contemporary American poet.
The Columbia History of American Poetry
Author: Jay Parini
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 9780585041544
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 936
Book Description
-- New York Times Book Review
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 9780585041544
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 936
Book Description
-- New York Times Book Review
Whispers of the Beloved
Author: Rumi
Publisher: Hampton Roads Publishing
ISBN: 9781571746825
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
April is Poetry Month. A gift from the heart.Breathtaking translation of poems by Rumi, one of the world's most loved mystical teachers. Beautifully packaged and illustrated with Persian calligraphy, this ideal gift book introduces readers to the quatrains, the shorter poems that encapsulate Rumi's timeless appeal. These beautiful, simple translations - 100 in all - demonstrate Rumi's timeless appeal and popularity. Jalal-uddin Rumi was born in what is now Afghanistan in 1207. His poetry has inspired generations of spiritual seekers, both from his own Sufi school and well beyond. His poems speak to the seeker and the lover in all of us. One day you will take my heart completely and make it more fiery than a dragon. Your eyelashes will write on my heart the poem that could never come from the pen of a poet.
Publisher: Hampton Roads Publishing
ISBN: 9781571746825
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
April is Poetry Month. A gift from the heart.Breathtaking translation of poems by Rumi, one of the world's most loved mystical teachers. Beautifully packaged and illustrated with Persian calligraphy, this ideal gift book introduces readers to the quatrains, the shorter poems that encapsulate Rumi's timeless appeal. These beautiful, simple translations - 100 in all - demonstrate Rumi's timeless appeal and popularity. Jalal-uddin Rumi was born in what is now Afghanistan in 1207. His poetry has inspired generations of spiritual seekers, both from his own Sufi school and well beyond. His poems speak to the seeker and the lover in all of us. One day you will take my heart completely and make it more fiery than a dragon. Your eyelashes will write on my heart the poem that could never come from the pen of a poet.
A History of Classical Poetry
Author: Siegfried Lienhard
Publisher: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
ISBN: 9783447024259
Category : Indic poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Publisher: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
ISBN: 9783447024259
Category : Indic poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description