The Art of the Poetic Line
Book Details
Author(s)James Longenbach
PublisherGraywolf Press
ISBN / ASIN1555974880
ISBN-139781555974886
AvailabilityUsually ships in 24 hours
Sales Rank239,439
CategoryPoetry
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description
The Art Of series is a new line of books reinvigorating the practice of craft and criticism. Each book will be a brief, witty, and useful exploration of fiction, nonfiction, or poetry by a writer impassioned by a singular craft issue. The Art Of volumes will provide a series of sustained examinations of key but sometimes neglected aspects of creative writing by some of contemporary literature's finest practioners.
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"Poetry is the sound of language organized in lines." James Longenbach opens this provocative book with that essential statement. Through a range of examples--from Shakespeare and Milton to Ashbery and Glück--Longenbach describes the function of line in metered, rhymed, syllabic, and free-verse poetry. The Art of the Poetic Line is a vital new resource by one of America's most important critics and most engaging poets.
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