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Invitation to Poetry: The Pleasures of Studying Poetry and Poetics (How to Study Literature)
Lisa M. Steinman
Hardcover. Wiley-Blackwell 2008-01-09.
ISBN 9781405131636
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Publisher description
For anyone who has ever wanted to become fluent in the language of poetry, Invitation to Poetry will prove an essential guide. This book:
* 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 a range of different period styles, poetic projects, and strategies;
* Explicitly examines, questions and challenges the relationship of poetry to literary periods and canons;
* Offers the technical tools essential for close reading and interpretation across a broad chronological spectrum
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