{"product_id":"invitation-to-poetry-the-pleasures-of-studying-poetry-and-poetics-hardback-9781405131636","title":"Invitation to Poetry; The Pleasures of Studying Poetry and Poetics (Hardback) 9781405131636","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eInvitation to Poetry\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Pleasures of Studying Poetry and Poetics\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eLisa M. Steinman (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781405131636, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 18 December 2007\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e256 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.9 x 16 x 2.5 cm, 0.68 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e“To the casual reader, Steinman explains how poems work; to the critical reader, why they keep working. Ranging over several centuries, styles, genres, and modes of English verse, \u003ci\u003eInvitation to Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e provides both the tools needed to ‘play with poems’ and a manual in their use.” \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eC. D. Blanton, University of California, Berkeley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Lisa Steinman’s \u003ci\u003eInvitation to Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e, with its effortless scholarship and engaging manner, offers a wonderful introduction to the study of poetry. This is a beautifully-written book which offers many pleasures, and for those who read attentively, a tremendous depth of reference underpinning its argument.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTim Armstrong, Royal Holloway, University of London\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eFor anyone who has ever wanted to become fluent in the language of poetry, Invitation to Poetry will prove an essential guide. This book: \u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli style=\"list-style: none\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTeaches the serious student how to ‘speak poetry’ through an in-depth examination of the traditional features and technical vocabulary of poetic language;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli style=\"list-style: none\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExamines British and American materials from the sixteenth through the twentieth centuries in order to give students a sense of a range of different period styles, poetic projects, and strategies;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli style=\"list-style: none\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplicitly examines, questions and challenges the relationship of poetry to literary periods and canons;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli style=\"list-style: none\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers the technical tools essential for close reading and interpretation across a broad chronological spectrum.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface. \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Conceptual Syntax: An Introduction to the Way Poems Invite Different Approaches and Position Readers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Speaking Poetry: Night Pieces and Intertextual Conversations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. The Gestures and Subjects of the Sonnet.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. The Uses of Meter and Rhythm in the Sonnet.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. The Form of the Voice: Tone and Diction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Modes, Odes, and Odic Gestures.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. What is Pastoral?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Traditions, Legacies, and Individual Talents.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Forests and Trees, or Playing with Poems.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literature: history \u0026amp; criticism [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literature: history \u0026amp; criticism\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literature:%20history%20\u0026amp;%20criticism%20%5BDS%5D%22\"\u003eDS\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52437766045976,"sku":"9781405131636","price":89.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781405131636.jpg?v=1784938807","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/invitation-to-poetry-the-pleasures-of-studying-poetry-and-poetics-hardback-9781405131636","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}