Poetry : a survivor's guide / Mark Yakich.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yakich, Mark, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Creative writing.

Poetry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (233 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Bloomsbury Academic, An imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Inc, 2016.

Summary:

"Playful and serious, unforgiving and compassionate, Poetry: A Survivor's Guide offers an original take on a subject both loved and feared. In a series of provocative and inspiring propositions, the act of reading a poem is made new, and the act of writing one is made over. Questions of poetry's difficulty, pretension, and relevance are explored with insight and daring. In an age of new media and social networking, this handbook-cum-manifesto provides fresh reverence for one of our oldest forms of art."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

"A provocative and practical guide, written for students of creative writing as well as literary studies, to an art form that is both loved and feared"--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note:

I. Introduction: What Is a Poem?

II. Reading Poetry

III. Writing Poetry

IV. Poetic Practices: How To Live with Poetry

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9781501309519

150130951X

9781501309533

1501309536

9781501309526

1501309528

OCLC:

940520184