Cambridge Guide to Reading Poetry

The only book that shows readers how to ask the questions which will make poems to speak to them.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Reading Poetry; 1. Reading a Poem; 2. Studying a Poet; 3. Writing about Poetry; Epilogue: What Should You Read?; Glossary of Common Forms and Genres; Further Reading.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Andrew Hodgson is Lecturer in Romanticism at the University of Birmingham. He is the author of The Poetry of Clare, Hopkins, Thomas, and Gurney: Lyric Individualism (2020), has edited and introduced an edition of The Selected Poems of John Keats (2019) for the Macmillan Collector's Library and was involved in a consulting and editorial role on The Connell Short Guide to How to Read a Poem.

Zusammenfassung

Aimed at students and readers of poetry at all levels, The Cambridge Guide to Reading Poetry takes a tour through a galaxy of examples, demonstrating how to come to terms with poetry's verbal, formal, emotional, and conceptual power. It shows how reading poems enhances our enjoyment and understanding of life.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Andrew Hodgson, Andrew (University of Birmingham) Hodgson, Hodgson Andrew
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 30.11.2021
• EAN: 9781108843249
• ISBN: 978-1-108-84324-9
• Seiten: 256
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Allgemeine und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft; POETRY / General, Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory, LITERARY CRITICISM / Reference, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Literary studies: general, Literary theory, Literary studies: poetry and poets, Literary companions, book reviews & guides, Literary companions, book reviews and guides