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Contributor(s):Author: John HollanderForeword by: J. D. McClatchyAfterword by: Richard WilburIn this classic text, the distinguished poet and critic John Hollander surveys the schemes, patterns, and forms of English verse, illustrating each variation with an original and witty self-descriptive example. In new essays for this revised edition, J. D. McClatchy and Richard Wilbur each offer a personal take on why Rhymess Reason has played an integral role in the education of young poets and student scholars. Hollander] put everything he knew about the structures of poetry--those fabled magic tricks--into a sort of guidebook for those starting out on the trail up Mount Parnassus. . . . There are astonishments on every page.--from the Foreword by J. D. McClatchy This books wit and inventive spirit, its self-describing embodiments of form, now offer the beginning poet a happy chance to discover the technician in himself.--from the Afterword by Richard Wilbur How lucky the young poet who discovers this wisest and most lighthearted of manuals.--James Merrill What the E. B. White-William Strunk The Elements of Style is to the writing of prose, Rhymes Reason could very easily become to the writing of verse. . . . Marvelously comprehensive, clarifying and useful,and] a delight to read.--John Reardon, Los Angeles Times Review of Books A virtuoso performance and a mandatory text for poetry readers and practitioners alike.--ALA Booklist
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Vânzător: Elefant.ro
Brand: Yale University Press
