The Poetry Handbook (Paperback)
John Lennard (author)
£26.49
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448 Pages /
Published: 05/01/2006
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The Poetry Handbook is a lucid and entertaining guide to the poet's craft, and an invaluable introduction to practical criticism for students. Chapters on each element of poetry, from metre to gender, offer a wide-ranging general account, and end by looking at two or three poems from a small group (including works by Donne, Elizabeth Bishop, Geoffrey Hill, and Nobel Laureate Derek Walcott), to build up sustained analytical readings.
Thorough and compact, with notes and quotations supplemented by detailed reference to the Norton Anthology of Poetry and a companion website with texts, links, and further discussion, The Poetry Handbook is indispensable for all school and undergraduate students of English. A final chapter addresses examinations of all kinds, and sample essays by undergraduates are posted on the website. Critical and scholarly terms are italicised and clearly explained, both in the text and in a
complete glossary; the volume also includes suggestions for further reading.
The first edition, widely praised by teachers and students, showed how the pleasures of poetry are heightened by rigorous understanding and made that understanding readily available. This second edition - revised, expanded, updated, and supported by a new companion website - confirm The Poetry Handbook as the best guide to poetry available in English.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780199265381
Number of pages: 448
Weight: 565 g
Dimensions: 215 x 128 x 26 mm
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
MEDIA REVIEWS
Lennard succeeds in being as exhaustive as he can possibly be... * Caroline Bertoneche, Universite de Provence *
Very readable... gives and excellent overview of poetry in English and will explain rhythm, metre and style. * The Observer, February 2006 *
Very readable... gives and excellent overview of poetry in English and will explain rhythm, metre and style. * The Observer, February 2006 *
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