A Little History of Poetry

Download A Little History of Poetry PDF Online Free

Author :
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300252528
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!


Book Synopsis A Little History of Poetry by : John Carey

Download or read book A Little History of Poetry written by John Carey and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2020-04-21 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A vital, engaging, and hugely enjoyable guide to poetry, from ancient times to the present, by one of our greatest champions of literature The Times and Sunday Times, Best Books of 2020 “[A] fizzing, exhilarating book.”—Sebastian Faulks, Sunday Times What is poetry? If music is sound organized in a particular way, poetry is a way of organizing language. It is language made special so that it will be remembered and valued. It does not always work—over the centuries countless thousands of poems have been forgotten. But this Little History is about some that have not. John Carey tells the stories behind the world’s greatest poems, from the oldest surviving one written nearly four thousand years ago to those being written today. Carey looks at poets whose works shape our views of the world, such as Dante, Chaucer, Shakespeare, Whitman, and Yeats. He also looks at more recent poets, like Derek Walcott, Marianne Moore, and Maya Angelou, who have started to question what makes a poem “great” in the first place. For readers both young and old, this little history shines a light for readers on the richness of the world’s poems—and the elusive quality that makes them all the more enticing.

The Beginnings of Poetry

Download The Beginnings of Poetry PDF Online Free

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 504 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!


Book Synopsis The Beginnings of Poetry by : Francis Barton Gummere

Download or read book The Beginnings of Poetry written by Francis Barton Gummere and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Dear Editor: Poems

Download Dear Editor: Poems PDF Online Free

Author :
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393050920
Total Pages : 495 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (93 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!


Book Synopsis Dear Editor: Poems by : Joseph Parisi

Download or read book Dear Editor: Poems written by Joseph Parisi and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2002-10-17 with total page 495 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collects more than six hundred letters to and from the editors of Poetry that were written about and by such figures as Ezra Pound, T.S. Eliot, Robert Frost, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and Wallace Stevens. 10,000 first printing.

A History of American Poetry

Download A History of American Poetry PDF Online Free

Author :
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118795423
Total Pages : 544 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (187 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!


Book Synopsis A History of American Poetry by : Richard Gray

Download or read book A History of American Poetry written by Richard Gray and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2015-03-02 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A History of American Poetry presents a comprehensive exploration of the development of American poetic traditions from their pre-Columbian origins to the present day. Offers a detailed and accessible account of the entire range of American poetry Situates the story of American poetry within crucial social and historical contexts, and places individual poets and poems in the relevant intertextual contexts Explores and interprets American poetry in terms of the international positioning and multicultural character of the United States Provides readers with a means to understand the individual works and personalities that helped to shape one of the most significant bodies of literature of the past few centuries

Poetry and Prophecy

Download Poetry and Prophecy PDF Online Free

Author :
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780801495687
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (956 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!


Book Synopsis Poetry and Prophecy by : James L. Kugel

Download or read book Poetry and Prophecy written by James L. Kugel and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Cambridge History of English Poetry

Download The Cambridge History of English Poetry PDF Online Free

Author :
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521883067
Total Pages : 1117 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (218 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!


Book Synopsis The Cambridge History of English Poetry by : Michael O'Neill

Download or read book The Cambridge History of English Poetry written by Michael O'Neill and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010-04-29 with total page 1117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A literary-historical account of English poetry from Anglo-Saxon writings to the present.

The Columbia History of American Poetry

Download The Columbia History of American Poetry PDF Online Free

Author :
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780585041544
Total Pages : 936 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (415 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!


Book Synopsis The Columbia History of American Poetry by : Jay Parini

Download or read book The Columbia History of American Poetry written by Jay Parini and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 1993-12-23 with total page 936 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: -- New York Times Book Review

Hour of Freedom

Download Hour of Freedom PDF Online Free

Author :
Publisher : Wordsong
ISBN 13 : 9781590780213
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (82 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!


Book Synopsis Hour of Freedom by :

Download or read book Hour of Freedom written by and published by Wordsong. This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of poems providing a look at the United States, from colonial times to the present.

The Beginnings of Poetry

Download The Beginnings of Poetry PDF Online Free

Author :
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3368906399
Total Pages : 390 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (689 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!


Book Synopsis The Beginnings of Poetry by : Francis Barton Gummere

Download or read book The Beginnings of Poetry written by Francis Barton Gummere and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-08-03 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original.

A History of Classical Poetry

Download A History of Classical Poetry PDF Online Free

Author :
Publisher : Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
ISBN 13 : 9783447024259
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (242 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!


Book Synopsis A History of Classical Poetry by : Siegfried Lienhard

Download or read book A History of Classical Poetry written by Siegfried Lienhard and published by Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. This book was released on 1984 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Beginnings of Poetry

Download The Beginnings of Poetry PDF Online Free

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 504 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!


Book Synopsis The Beginnings of Poetry by : Francis Barton Gummere

Download or read book The Beginnings of Poetry written by Francis Barton Gummere and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

My Silver Planet

Download My Silver Planet PDF Online Free

Author :
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 1421411458
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (214 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!


Book Synopsis My Silver Planet by : Daniel Tiffany

Download or read book My Silver Planet written by Daniel Tiffany and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2014 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reveals the hidden origins of kitsch in poetry from the eighteenth century. Taking its title from John Keats, My Silver Planet contends that the problem of elite poetry’s relation to popular culture bears the indelible mark of its turbulent incorporation of vernacular poetry—a legacy shaped by nostalgia, contempt, and fraudulence. Daniel Tiffany reactivates and fundamentally redefines the concept of kitsch, freeing it from modernist misapprehension and ridicule, by tracing its origin to poetry’s alienation from the emergent category of literature. Tiffany excavates the forgotten history of poetry’s relation to kitsch, beginning with the exuberant revival of archaic (and often spurious) ballads in Britain in the early eighteenth century. In these controversial events of poetic imposture, Tiffany identifies a submerged pact—in opposition to the bourgeois values of literature—between elite and vernacular poetries. Tiffany argues that the ballad revival—the earliest explicit formation of what we now call popular culture—sparked a perilous but seemingly irresistible flirtation (among elite audiences) with poetic forgery that endures today in the ambiguity of the kitsch artifact: Is it real or fake, art or kitsch? He goes on to trace the genealogy of kitsch in texts ranging from nursery rhymes and poetic melodrama to the lyric commodities of Baudelaire. He scrutinizes the fascist “paradise” inscribed in Ezra Pound’s Cantos as well as the avant-garde poetry of the New York School and its debt to pop and “plastic” art. By exposing and elaborating the historical poetics of kitsch, My Silver Planet transforms our sense of kitsch as a category of material culture.

The Beginnings of Poetry

Download The Beginnings of Poetry PDF Online Free

Author :
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 299 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (66 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!


Book Synopsis The Beginnings of Poetry by : Francis Barton Gummere

Download or read book The Beginnings of Poetry written by Francis Barton Gummere and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2021-11-05 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fascinating book explores the history and initial creation of poetry and rhyming texts. It offers an intimate and detailed explanation of the social and cultural impact of poetry and gives arguments for how poetry itself responds to society. Written by influential scholar, translator and linguist Francis Barton Gummere, this book is a well-written and comprehensive discussion of poetry in its many forms and its relationship to the world.

The History of Wales in Twelve Poems

Download The History of Wales in Twelve Poems PDF Online Free

Author :
Publisher : University of Wales Press
ISBN 13 : 1786837684
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (868 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!


Book Synopsis The History of Wales in Twelve Poems by : M. Wynn Thomas

Download or read book The History of Wales in Twelve Poems written by M. Wynn Thomas and published by University of Wales Press. This book was released on 2021-09-15 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Down the centuries, poets have provided Wales with a window onto its own distinctive world. This book gives a sense of the view seen through that special window in twelve illustrated poems, each bringing very different periods and aspects of the Welsh past into focus. Together, they give the flavour of a poetic tradition, both ancient and modern, in the Welsh language and in English, that is internationally renowned for its distinction and continuing vibrancy.

The Beginnings of Poetry

Download The Beginnings of Poetry PDF Online Free

Author :
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3387073593
Total Pages : 758 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (87 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!


Book Synopsis The Beginnings of Poetry by : Francis Barton Gummere

Download or read book The Beginnings of Poetry written by Francis Barton Gummere and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-09-21 with total page 758 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.

Haiku History

Download Haiku History PDF Online Free

Author :
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 1477320326
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (773 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!


Book Synopsis Haiku History by : H. W. Brands

Download or read book Haiku History written by H. W. Brands and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2020-05-04 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the past nine years, acclaimed historian H. W. Brands has been tweeting the history of the United States. But this has been no ordinary version of the American tale. Instead, Brands gives his 5,000-plus followers a regular dose of history and poetry combined: his tweets are in the form of haikus. Haiku History presents a selection of these smart, shrewd, and always informative short poems. “Shivers and specters / Flit over hearts in Salem / And so nineteen hang” describes the Salem Witch Trials, and “In angry war paint / Men board the British tea ships / And toss the cargo” depicts the Boston Tea Party. “Then an anarchist / Makes one of the war heroes / The next president” recalls the assassination of William McKinley and the ascension of Teddy Roosevelt to the presidency, while “Second invasion: / Iraq, where Saddam is still / In troubling control” returns us to the invasion of Iraq in 2003. As he travels from the thirteen colonies to the 2016 election, Brands brings to life the wars, economic crises, social policies, and other events that have shaped our nation. A history book like no other, Haiku History injects both fun and poetry into the story of America—three lines at a time.

Whispers of the Beloved

Download Whispers of the Beloved PDF Online Free

Author :
Publisher : Hampton Roads Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781571746825
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (468 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!


Book Synopsis Whispers of the Beloved by : Rumi

Download or read book Whispers of the Beloved written by Rumi and published by Hampton Roads Publishing. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: April is Poetry Month. A gift from the heart.Breathtaking translation of poems by Rumi, one of the world's most loved mystical teachers. Beautifully packaged and illustrated with Persian calligraphy, this ideal gift book introduces readers to the quatrains, the shorter poems that encapsulate Rumi's timeless appeal. These beautiful, simple translations - 100 in all - demonstrate Rumi's timeless appeal and popularity. Jalal-uddin Rumi was born in what is now Afghanistan in 1207. His poetry has inspired generations of spiritual seekers, both from his own Sufi school and well beyond. His poems speak to the seeker and the lover in all of us. One day you will take my heart completely and make it more fiery than a dragon. Your eyelashes will write on my heart the poem that could never come from the pen of a poet.