Cambridge Guide to Reading Poetry

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

List of contents

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.

About the author

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.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Andrew Hodgson, Andrew (University of Birmingham) Hodgson, Hodgson Andrew
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2021
• EAN: 9781108843249
• ISBN: 978-1-108-84324-9
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; 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, Poetry / Poems