Bibliograph

How to read a poem, and fall in love with poetry, Edward Hirsch

Type

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How to read a poem, and fall in love with poetry, Edward Hirsch

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-346) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

How to read a poem

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

40347405

Responsibility statement

Edward Hirsch

Series statement

Harvest Reading guide

Sub title

and fall in love with poetry

Summary

This volume presents an exploration of poetry and feeling, introducing poems selected by the author as emblematic because they suggest something crucial about the nature of poetry itself, and offering his insights on how the poems should be read. In this guide, the author reaches out to all those who may be disaffected by the mere mention of poetry and instructs the reader to focus on a personal, emotional response

Table Of Contents

Message in a bottle -- A made thing -- A hand, a hook, a prayer -- Three initiations -- At the white heat -- Five acts -- Beyond desolation -- Poetry and history : Polish poetry after the end of the world -- Re : form -- A shadowy exultation -- Soul in action -- "To the reader at parting" -- The glossary and the pleasure of the text -- A reading list and the pleasure of the catalog

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