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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.
- ISBN-100199265380
- ISBN-13978-0199265381
- Edition2
- Publication date5 January 2006
- LanguageEnglish
- Print length448 pages
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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
About the Author
John Lennard has taught at the universities of London and Cambridge, and for the Open University. He has published three books: But I Digress (1991), the best-selling Poetry Handbook (1996) and The Drama Handbook (2002). He is presently Dean of the Shakespeare Programme at the British-American Drama Academy in London; on the Global Virtual Faculty of Fairleigh Dickinson University; and teaches for the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge.
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- Language : English
- Paperback : 448 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0199265380
- ISBN-13 : 978-0199265381
- Best Sellers Rank: 137,729 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- 183 in Criticism on Poetry & Poets
- 579 in Literary Criticism & Theory
- 801 in Writing Reference
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A serious guide to poetry, just need to make time to write for myself.
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