Author(s): John Strachan (Author), Richard Terry (Author)
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Publication Date: 7 July 2011
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Language: English
Print length: 256 pages
ISBN-10: 0748644075
ISBN-13: 9780748644070
Book Description
Quickly equips readers with the strategies to understand and deepen their engagement with individual poems Praise for the first edition: ‘Wide-ranging, provocative, and thorough, Strachan and Terry provide the student with all the tools necessary for the study of poetry. I can think of no other volume that offers the reader so much in so few pages. This is the text of choice for all students and teachers of the subject.’ Duncan Wu, University of Glasgow Based on their extensive teaching experience, the authors provide a lively route map through the main aspects of poetry such as sound effects, rhythm and metre, the typographic display of poems on the page and the language of poetry using practical examples throughout. o Packed full of examples, from the work of Shakespeare to Edwin Morgan and from Sylvia Plath to John Agard o Detailed index of poets, works, terms, forms & concepts o Full glossary of poetic terms, from /acatalectic/ to /wrenched accent/, with cross-references and page references of examples New for this edition: o End-of-chapter exercises and follow-up research tasks o New readings of modern women’s poetry o Section on How to Write Poetry with exercises o Suggestions for further reading — both books and websites
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AUTHOR-APPROVED BLURBAUTHORS SEEKING 2 FURTHER ENDORSEMENTSSecond Edition [Flash]’This is the text of choice for all students and teachers of poetry’.Professor Duncan Wu, Georgetown University, US’An essential tool for students and prospective writers of poetry’.Professor Diego Saglia, University of Parma, ItalyThe only introductory book to cover both the study and the writing of poetryBased on their extensive teaching experience, the authors provide a lively route map through the main aspects of poetry such as sound effects, rhythm and metre, the typographic display of poems on the page and the language of poetry using practical examples throughout. The book begins with a brief history of English verse and ends with an extensive glossary of poetical terms.New for this edition:* A chapter on Writing Poetry including ‘Poets on Poetry’ and ‘Forty practical tips’ on writing your own poetry* Practical exercises at the end of each chapter based on poems such as Carol Ann Duffy’s ‘Mrs Sisyphus’, ‘Wish You Were Here’ by Colette Bryce, and Thomas Hardy’s ‘Thoughts of Phena at News of her Death’* New readings of individual poems including Gray’s ‘Elegy’, Milton’s Paradise Lost, T. S. Eliot’s ‘The Waste Land’, and Adrienne Rich’s ‘Transcendental Etude’* A guide to Further ReadingJohn Strachan is Professor of Romantic Literature at the University of Sunderland.Richard Terry is Professor of Eighteenth-Century Literature at Northumbria University.
About the Author
John Strachan is Professor of English at the University of Sunderland. Richard Terry is Professor of Eighteenth-Century Literature at Northumbria University, having previously worked for many years at the University of Sunderland. He has written numerous articles on aspects of eighteenth-century literature, as well as producing major studies on literary historiography, mock-heroic writing, and the allegation of plagiarism during the period.
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