Naming the Unnameable

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Evory, Michelle Bonczek, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poetry--Authorship--Textbooks.

Poetry.

Poetry--Study and teaching--Textbooks.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] Open SUNY [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Informed by a writing philosophy that values both spontaneity and discipline, Michelle Bonczek Evory's Naming the Unnameable: An Approach to Poetry for New Generations offers practical advice and strategies for developing a writing process that is centered on play and supported by an understanding of America's rich literary traditions. With consideration to the psychology of invention, Bonczek Evory provides students with exercises aimed to make writing in its early stages a form of play that gives way to more enriching insights through revision, embracing the writing of poetry as both a love of language and a tool that enables us to explore ourselves and better understand the world. The volume includes resources for students seeking to publish and build a writing-centered lifestyle or career. Poets featured range in age, subject, and style, and many are connected to colleges in the State University of New York system. Naming the Unnameable promotes an understanding of poetry as a living art of which students are a part, and provides ways for students to involve themselves in the growing contemporary poetry community that thrives in America today.

Contents:

Reviewer's Notes

Reviewer's Notes

Preface for Instructors

Introduction: Our Natural Right to Play

Chapter One: Getting Started: The Nine Muses

Chapter Two: Welcome, Reader: Reading Poetry

Chapter Three: Images

Chapter Four: Voice

Chapter Five: Architecture

Chapter Six: Acoustics

Chapter Seven: Experimenting with Forms

Chapter Eight: Revision

Chapter Nine: Publication

Chapter Ten: Reading Your Poems to an Audience

Key Terms

Concrete Word List

Abstract Word List

Recommended Accompanying Resources

Works Cited

Notes:

Description based on print resource

Access Restriction:

Unrestricted online access