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Silent Letters of the Alphabet
Ruth Padel
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Description for Silent Letters of the Alphabet
Paperback. Three lectures on contemporary poetry by one of Britain's leading poets, Ruth Padel, who hit the headlines in 2009 when she was elected Oxford Professor of Poetry in controversial circumstances. The story of her election and resignation received international news coverage. Series: Newcastle/Bloodaxe Poetry S. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 141 x 6. Weight in Grams: 158.
In this innovative series of public lectures at Newcastle University, leading contemporary poets speak about the craft and practice of poetry to audiences drawn from both the city and the university. The lectures are then published in book form by Bloodaxe, giving readers everywhere the opportunity to learn what the poets themselves think about their own subject. Ruth Padel’s lectures link metaphor to silence and white space on a page. Equating a poem’s music with its politics, she explores tone, register and harmony, suggesting that how poems hold our “attention” is through “tension”. Finally, she investigates what it means for ... Read more
In this innovative series of public lectures at Newcastle University, leading contemporary poets speak about the craft and practice of poetry to audiences drawn from both the city and the university. The lectures are then published in book form by Bloodaxe, giving readers everywhere the opportunity to learn what the poets themselves think about their own subject. Ruth Padel’s lectures link metaphor to silence and white space on a page. Equating a poem’s music with its politics, she explores tone, register and harmony, suggesting that how poems hold our “attention” is through “tension”. Finally, she investigates what it means for ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Series
Newcastle/Bloodaxe Poetry
Condition
New
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781852248277
SKU
V9781852248277
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About Ruth Padel
Ruth Padel has published ten poetry collections, most recently, Darwin: A Life in Poems (2009), a biography through lyric poems of her great-great-grandfather Charles Darwin, The Mara Crossing (2012) and Learning to Make an Oud in Nazareth (2014). Her non-fiction includes a study of rock music and Greek myth, two studies of Greek tragedy and the mind, and a nature ... Read more
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