The Triggering Town - Lectures and Essays on Poetry and Writing

Informationen zum Autor Richard Hugo (1923-1982) was for many years the director of the creative writing program at the University of Montana, Missoula Campus. He received the Theodore Roethke Memorial Prize and was twice nominated for the National Book Award. Klappentext Richard Hugo, whom Carolyn Kizer called "one of the most passionate, energetic and honest poets living," was that rare phenomenon-a distinguished poet who was also an inspiring teacher. The Triggering Town is Hugo's classic collection of lectures, essays, and reflections, all "directed toward helping with that silly, absurd, maddening, futile, enormously rewarding activity: writing poems." From pieces that include "Writing off the Subject" and "How Poets Make a Living," anyone, from the beginning poet to the mature writer to the lover of literature, will benefit greatly from Hugo's playful and profound insights into the mysteries of literary creation. Zusammenfassung “I don’t know why we do it. We must be crazy./Welcome, fellow poet.”—Richard Hugo

Product details

• Authors: Richard Hugo, Hugo Richard
• Publisher: Norton and Co Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.10.2010
• EAN: 9780393338720
• ISBN: 978-0-393-33872-0
• Dimensions: 139 mm x 210 mm x 8 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Guides > Law, job, finance > Training, job, career; Non-fiction book > Art, literature > Literature: general, reference works; LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Creative writing & creative writing guides, Creative writing and creative writing guides, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Writing / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form