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The Poetry Handbook
John Lennard
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Description for The Poetry Handbook
Paperback. Offering a guide to the poet's craft, this second edition provides a useful introduction to practical criticism for students. Chapters on each element of poetry offer a general account and end by looking at different poems, to build up sustained analytical readings. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSC; DSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 558.
The Poetry Handbook is a lucid and entertaining guide to the poet's craft, and an invaluable introduction to practical criticism for students. Chapters on each element of poetry, from metre to gender, offer a wide-ranging general account, and end by looking at two or three poems from a small group (including works by Donne, Elizabeth Bishop, Geoffrey Hill, and Nobel Laureate Derek Walcott), to build up sustained analytical readings. Thorough and compact, with notes and quotations supplemented by detailed reference to the Norton Anthology of Poetry and a companion website with texts, links, and further discussion, The Poetry Handbook ... Read more
The Poetry Handbook is a lucid and entertaining guide to the poet's craft, and an invaluable introduction to practical criticism for students. Chapters on each element of poetry, from metre to gender, offer a wide-ranging general account, and end by looking at two or three poems from a small group (including works by Donne, Elizabeth Bishop, Geoffrey Hill, and Nobel Laureate Derek Walcott), to build up sustained analytical readings. Thorough and compact, with notes and quotations supplemented by detailed reference to the Norton Anthology of Poetry and a companion website with texts, links, and further discussion, The Poetry Handbook ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199265381
SKU
V9780199265381
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Ref
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About John Lennard
John Lennard has taught at the universities of London and Cambridge, and for the Open University. He has published three books: But I Digress (1991), the best-selling Poetry Handbook (1996) and The Drama Handbook (2002). He is presently Dean of the Shakespeare Programme at the British-American Drama Academy in London; on the Global Virtual Faculty of Fairleigh Dickinson University; and ... Read more
Reviews for The Poetry Handbook
Lennard succeeds in being as exhaustive as he can possibly be...
Caroline Bertoneche, Universite de Provence
Very readable... gives and excellent overview of poetry in English and will explain rhythm, metre and style.
The Observer, February 2006
Caroline Bertoneche, Universite de Provence
Very readable... gives and excellent overview of poetry in English and will explain rhythm, metre and style.
The Observer, February 2006