How to Read a Poem

By: Terry Eagleton

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Hardcover | 12 October 2006 | Edition Number 1

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194 Pages

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26.15 x 18.08 x 1.73

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Lucid, entertaining and full of insight, How To Read A Poem is designed to banish the intimidation that too often attends the subject of poetry, and in doing so to bring it into the personal possession of the students and the general reader. <ul> <li>Offers a detailed examination of poetic form and its relation to content. <li>Takes a wide range of poems from the Renaissance to the present day and submits them to brilliantly illuminating closes analysis. <li>Discusses the work of major poets, including John Milton, Alexander Pope, John Keats, Christina Rossetti, Emily Dickinson, W.B. Yeats, Robert Frost, W.H.Auden, Seamus Heaney, Derek Mahon, and many more. <li>Includes a helpful glossary of poetic terms.</li></ul>

Industry Reviews

"The wit he brings to the task of helping readers read poems will, for some readers (myself included), be a source of pleasure." (Notes and Queries, June 2010)

?Eagleton raises many interesting points? ?Choice

?A how-to book with an agenda. Smart, witty and provocative ... How to Read a Poem challenges us not only to look again at poetic form, but also to bring aesthetics back into our discussions fo what makes a poem worth studying. We may not agree with Eagleton, but we would do well to accept his challenge."?College Literature

"Illuminating."?The Times

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