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Invitation to Poetry: The Pleasures of Studying Poetry and Poetics

ISBN: 978-1-4051-3163-6
Hardcover
256 pages
December 2007, Wiley-Blackwell
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  • Teaches the serious student how to “speak poetry” through an in-depth examination of the traditional features and technical vocabulary of poetic language
  • Examines British and American materials from the sixteenth through the twentieth centuries in order to give students a sense of the range of different period styles, poetic projects, and strategies
  • Explores how to use poetry to grasp the concepts of literary periods and canons
  • Offers the technical tools essential for close reading and interpretation across a broad chronological spectrum
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