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The Art of the Poetic Line

The Art of the Poetic Line

Longenbach, James

Paperback

Series: Art Of...

Poetry Criticism

Publisher Price: $15.00

ISBN10: 1555974880
ISBN13: 9781555974886
Publisher: Graywolf Press
Published: Dec 26 2007
Pages: 120
Weight: 0.32
Height: 0.41 Width: 5.08 Depth: 7.00
Language: English

The Art Of series is a new line of books reinvigorating the practice of craft and criticism. Each book will be a brief, witty, and useful exploration of fiction, nonfiction, or poetry by a writer impassioned by a singular craft issue. The Art Of volumes will provide a series of sustained examinations of key but sometimes neglected aspects of creative writing by some of contemporary literature's finest practioners.

Poetry is the sound of language organized in lines. James Longenbach opens this provocative book with that essential statement. Through a range of examples--from Shakespeare and Milton to Ashbery and Glück--Longenbach describes the function of line in metered, rhymed, syllabic, and free-verse poetry. The Art of the Poetic Line is a vital new resource by one of America's most important critics and most engaging poets.

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