{"product_id":"becoming-poetry-poets-and-their-methods-hardback-9780807180112","title":"Becoming Poetry; Poets and Their Methods (Hardback) 9780807180112","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eBecoming Poetry\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003ePoets and Their Methods\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJay Rogoff (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780807180112\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 15 November 2023\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e256 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1.5 cm, 0.272 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eJay Rogoff, one of our most consistently interesting poets, shows he is also one of our best critics of poetry. \u003ci\u003eBecoming Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e features brilliant essays on the differences between poetry and song, Shakespeare's sonnets, and Williams's struggle with Pound in \u003ci\u003ePaterson\u003c\/i\u003e, and a deft survey of contemporary poets. On poetic accent and metrical form, he is profoundly instructive. Every lover of poetry will want this book.\" - David Mikics, author of \u003cem\u003eSlow Reading in a Hurried Age\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eBecoming Poetry \u003c\/i\u003eearns its title, marking the reciprocities between the poem and the means involved in writing it. Rogoff, a poet, brings a watchmaker's attention to poems' workings in arresting, precisely considered prose. The immersive process of becoming poetry, which Rogoff makes legible, discloses the most enduring symbiosis between language and being.\" - JoEllen Kwiatek, author of \u003cem\u003eStudy for Necessity\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Rogoff earns a proud place in the grand tradition of the poet-critic. His experience with poetic craft yields insight, sympathy, and candor in discussing his fellow practitioners.\" - Terence Diggory, author of \u003cem\u003eWilliam Carlos Williams and the Ethics of Painting\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Lewis P. Simpson Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eBecoming Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e, Jay Rogoff closely inspects the work of two dozen poets, his forebears and his contemporaries, to reveal how their poetry impacts readers. His essays, drawn from more than twenty years of literary criticism, explore how the staying power of a poet's work and the likelihood of it enjoying a lasting identification with its creator depend on the skilled manipulation of poetic technique. Considering how poetry can manifest a vividly conceived world of feeling and sensation, Rogoff maintains that we understand and evaluate poets by the sum of their most persuasive inventive strategies, including their attention to form. The poet, finally, constructs a uniquely imagined universe and thus, in the minds of readers, becomes the poetry.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA model of practical criticism, intended for enthusiasts at all levels, \u003ci\u003eBecoming Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e demystifies how poetry operates on its audience to create a virtual, affective experience of lasting power and value.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"LSU Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52551793475864,"sku":"9780807180112","price":38.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/becoming-poetry-poets-and-their-methods-hardback-9780807180112","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}