Textbook
Invitation to Poetry: The Pleasures of Studying Poetry and PoeticsISBN: 978-1-4051-3164-3
Paperback
256 pages
January 2008, ©2008, Wiley-Blackwell
Other Available Formats: Hardcover
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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