William Harmon

The Poetry Toolkit

For Readers and Writers

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This ingenious guide provides students with the essential intellectual and practical tools necessary to read, understand, and write poetry. The elements of this important literary form - from story, character, idea, and sentiment to diction, prosody, and graphic layout - are presented in an accessible and student-friendly manner, and readers and writers of all levels will benefit from the thoughtful insights and commonsense guidance provided by the author, who is both an accomplished scholar and practicing poet. The Toolkit draws on examples from a range of poets from more than 1,500 years of English literature to encourage students and general readers to think critically about poetic writing. The Poetry Toolkit: For Readers and Writers provides the confidence to read, write, and gain a richer appreciation of the artistry and pleasures of the poetic form.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. März 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9781405195782
• ISBN-10: 1405195789
• Artikelnr.: 35062257

Autorenporträt

William Harmon is the James Gordon Hanes Professor Emeritus in the Humanities at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA. Now retired, Harmon is the editor of A Handbook to Literature, now in its 12th edition, and has published five books of original poetry and received various awards, including the Robert B. Heilman Award given by The Sewanee Review for excellence in book reviewing.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface vii

Key to Symbols xv

1 The Arts of Story-Telling 1

2 The Arts of Character 40

3 The Arts of Sentiment: States of Mind and Feeling 65

4 The Arts of Diction 82

5 The Arts of Sound 109

Appendix A: Simplified Phonetic Alphabet 133

Appendix B: Summary of Prosody 133

6 The Arts of Layout 139

7 The Arts of Reaction 158

Glossary 177

Suggestions for Reading: A Biased Bibliography 217

Acknowledgments 225

Index 227

Rezensionen

"The Poetry Toolkit: For Readers And Writers by William Harmon, provides students with the essential intellectual and practical tools to read, understand and write poetry." (Writers Forum, 1 April 2011)"The Poetry Toolkit is a splendid guide for anyone who wantsto understand better how poetry works, how to read it moreinsightfully, and what is involved in writing it.
William Harmon draws on decades of experience both as a professorof literature with a special devotion to teaching poetry and as anaccomplished poet who knows the practical side of writing poetryfirsthand. From the opening pages onward, he establishes informal,direct, genial contact with his reader, who is equally entertainedand instructed.
His wonderfully original Toolkit is a delight to read andthe best guide to poetry for writers and readers that I knowof."
--Frank J Kearful, University of Bonn, Germany

"In The Poetry Toolkit William Harmon uses a glossary ofliterary terms as a cruise ship to take the reader on a voyage ofwonder, discovery, and recognition around the world of poetry. Apoet himself, scholar, teacher, critic, he marshals his seeminglylimitless erudition in discussions of refreshing clarity, with arelish for language, wry wit, modesty, a willingness to pause andlook again, a willingness to be surprised. He is a peerless tourguide, with anecdotes you will never forget. And you will neverthink of poetry, or think of writing poetry, in quite the same wayagain."
--Robert Morgan, Cornell University