| Description |
xvi, 352 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. Message in a Bottle -- 2. A Made Thing -- 3. A Hand, a Hook, a Prayer -- 4. Three Initiations -- 5. At the White Heat -- 6. Five Acts -- 7. Beyond Desolation -- 8. Poetry and History: Polish Poetry after the End of the World -- 9. Re: Form -- 10. A Shadowy Exultation -- 11. Soul in Action -- 12. "To the Reader at Parting" |
| Summary |
How to Read a Poem is an exploration of poetry and feeling. In language at once acute and emotional, Edward Hirsch writes about what poetry is, why it matters, and how we can open up our imaginations so that its message can reach us and make a difference. In a reading of verse from around the world, including works by Wallace Stevens, Charles Baudelaire, Sylvia Plath, and Pablo Neruda, Hirsch discovers the meaning of their words and ideas and brings their sublime message home into our hearts |
| Notes |
"A DoubleTake book." |
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"Published by the Center for Documentary Studies in association with---." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [323]-346) and index |
| Subject |
Poetics.
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Poetry -- Explication.
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Poetry -- History and criticism.
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| Author |
Duke University. Center for Documentary Studies.
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| LC no. |
98050065 |
| ISBN |
0151004196 |
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