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Compendium: A Collection of Thoughts on Prosody
Donald Justice
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Description for Compendium: A Collection of Thoughts on Prosody
Paperback. Editor(s): Koehn, David; Soldofsky, Alan. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
Justice's insights serve as a sort of de facto taxonomy, an organically designed system that he uses to present his lecture on each respective aspect of the evolution of poetic form. There is no formal thesis here, but rather a kind of scrapbook that has a broader motive. The material possesses no hidden secrets; the treasures lie in plain sight and simply need be discerned to open the artist's mind to their possibilities.
Justice's insights serve as a sort of de facto taxonomy, an organically designed system that he uses to present his lecture on each respective aspect of the evolution of poetic form. There is no formal thesis here, but rather a kind of scrapbook that has a broader motive. The material possesses no hidden secrets; the treasures lie in plain sight and simply need be discerned to open the artist's mind to their possibilities.
Product Details
Publisher
Omnidawn Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
318g
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
Richmond, CA, United States
ISBN
9781632430328
SKU
V9781632430328
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99-1
About Donald Justice
DONALD JUSTICE delighted in the constraint of poetic form and the subtleties of meter. A student of Robert Lowell, John Berryman, and Karl Shapiro at the Iowa Writers' Workshop, Justice's students at Iowa, and later at the University of Florida, included Mark Strand, Jorie Graham, James Tate, and Rita Dove. Justice was a chancellor of the Academy of American Poets and was offered the position of poet laureate, declining only because of ill health. He received the Lamont Award, the Bollingen Prize, and the Pulitzer Prize.
Reviews for Compendium: A Collection of Thoughts on Prosody
For those not lucky enough to have been part of the four generations of poets who attended Donald Justice's legendary forms class, Omnidawn has now made it possible for everyone to take a seat at the table. What a blessing it is, via these pages, to sit in that classroom once again. Here are the lessons not only of a poet's poet, but of a teacher's teacher. From the astonishing expressivity of the poetic foot, with its magic ability to build an entire voice and vision, to the endless nuances of accentual stress, to the detailed history of such tools
Justice's understanding of prosody was incomparable. By the time he guides one to the understanding of the architectural movement of a poem, one has entered the whole cathedral of the medium, step by step. Justice's brilliant musician's ear, and mastery of the minutest nuances of form, will give any practitioner
at any stage of their writing
the essential tool-kit. No one who sat in his presence ever forgot what he taught, or his understanding of what poetry serves. It is incredible to see it preserved, as in a time capsule, and brought back to us at a moment when perhaps we need it more than ever. Here is one of the few places one can go for the uncompromising rigor, finesse and wisdom that are needed to keep this art form alive.
Jorie Graham (1/1/2017 12:00:00 AM) Here is a book of prosody that serves not only as a catalogue and history but also, as delineated in David Koehn's meta-prosody introduction and Donald Revell's pithy preface, the raison d'etre for deploying particular metrical and non-metrical structures. Compiled from the working course-pack of Donald Justice's poetry classes, Compendium is a wide- ranging encyclopedia of what was and remains possible in the line, word and syllable.
Tyrone Williams (1/1/2017 12:00:00 AM) To the art of versification, from chance to traditional methods (which aren't, after all, that different), both in theory and in practice, Donald Justice brings astonishingly nuanced insight, not opinion. Compared to some of his more pyrrotechnic contemporaries, such as Merrill and Hollander, Justice offers incomparable subtlety, austerity, stoicism, and form as self-effacement.The wealth of quotes and examples from great masters of prosody, provided without comment, indicate literary erudition at its apex. Here is the structure of verse in English
the infinite relativity of sounds and silences that compose the nature of the art.
James Galvin (1/1/2017 12:00:00 AM) David Koehn's brilliant, probing introduction about Donald Justice reflects the poet's intense devotion to poetic innovation rooted in his impressive understanding of the arts, particularly the ideas and music of John Cage.Compendium: A Collection of Thoughts on Prosody satisfies both critics and poets thirsting for an enhanced understanding of the world's poets and their methods. Justice's brilliant essays aggressively unveil inscrutable truths without falsifying the enlightening necessity of total immersion in poetic form.
Sonja James The Journal (1/1/2017 12:00:00 AM)
Justice's understanding of prosody was incomparable. By the time he guides one to the understanding of the architectural movement of a poem, one has entered the whole cathedral of the medium, step by step. Justice's brilliant musician's ear, and mastery of the minutest nuances of form, will give any practitioner
at any stage of their writing
the essential tool-kit. No one who sat in his presence ever forgot what he taught, or his understanding of what poetry serves. It is incredible to see it preserved, as in a time capsule, and brought back to us at a moment when perhaps we need it more than ever. Here is one of the few places one can go for the uncompromising rigor, finesse and wisdom that are needed to keep this art form alive.
Jorie Graham (1/1/2017 12:00:00 AM) Here is a book of prosody that serves not only as a catalogue and history but also, as delineated in David Koehn's meta-prosody introduction and Donald Revell's pithy preface, the raison d'etre for deploying particular metrical and non-metrical structures. Compiled from the working course-pack of Donald Justice's poetry classes, Compendium is a wide- ranging encyclopedia of what was and remains possible in the line, word and syllable.
Tyrone Williams (1/1/2017 12:00:00 AM) To the art of versification, from chance to traditional methods (which aren't, after all, that different), both in theory and in practice, Donald Justice brings astonishingly nuanced insight, not opinion. Compared to some of his more pyrrotechnic contemporaries, such as Merrill and Hollander, Justice offers incomparable subtlety, austerity, stoicism, and form as self-effacement.The wealth of quotes and examples from great masters of prosody, provided without comment, indicate literary erudition at its apex. Here is the structure of verse in English
the infinite relativity of sounds and silences that compose the nature of the art.
James Galvin (1/1/2017 12:00:00 AM) David Koehn's brilliant, probing introduction about Donald Justice reflects the poet's intense devotion to poetic innovation rooted in his impressive understanding of the arts, particularly the ideas and music of John Cage.Compendium: A Collection of Thoughts on Prosody satisfies both critics and poets thirsting for an enhanced understanding of the world's poets and their methods. Justice's brilliant essays aggressively unveil inscrutable truths without falsifying the enlightening necessity of total immersion in poetic form.
Sonja James The Journal (1/1/2017 12:00:00 AM)