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The Poem and the Journey
Ruth Padel
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Description for The Poem and the Journey
Paperback. Suitable for those who want to write as well as read poems, this book reveals the journey of thought, language and music within sixty more poems and also shows how poems fortify us on the journey of our lives, in a collection of essays written in elegant, accessible prose. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 278.
Prize-winning poet Ruth Padel is renowned as a guide to understanding today's poetry. Her much-loved 52 Ways of Looking at a Poem introduced the contemporary poetry scene and discussed individual poems. Her new book, invaluable for all who want to write as well as read poems, reveals the journey of thought, language and music within sixty more poems and also shows how poems fortify us on the journey of our lives, in a collection of essays written in elegant, accessible prose.
Prize-winning poet Ruth Padel is renowned as a guide to understanding today's poetry. Her much-loved 52 Ways of Looking at a Poem introduced the contemporary poetry scene and discussed individual poems. Her new book, invaluable for all who want to write as well as read poems, reveals the journey of thought, language and music within sixty more poems and also shows how poems fortify us on the journey of our lives, in a collection of essays written in elegant, accessible prose.
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099492948
SKU
V9780099492948
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Ref
99-99
About Ruth Padel
Ruth Padel is a prize-winning poet, Fellow of both the Royal Society of Literature and the Zoological Society of London, and first Resident Writer at Somerset House, London. Her collections include Rembrandt Would Have Loved You, Voodoo Shop and The Soho Leopard, all shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize, and more recently Darwin: A Life in Poems, shortlisted for the ... Read more
Reviews for The Poem and the Journey
It's a generous, likable, diligent and smart piece of work
Andrew Motion
Guardian
Ruth Padel is Virgil in the 'Inferno' of poetry. She guides the reader gently and deftly on the journey... This is much more than a book about poetry, this is a handbook for living!
Fiona Shaw Brilliant... Padel draws on a huge range ... Read more
Andrew Motion
Guardian
Ruth Padel is Virgil in the 'Inferno' of poetry. She guides the reader gently and deftly on the journey... This is much more than a book about poetry, this is a handbook for living!
Fiona Shaw Brilliant... Padel draws on a huge range ... Read more