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Highlights
- A Poet's Glossary was an extraordinary achievement that continues to stand as a definitive source for poets and poetry lovers alike.
- About the Author: EDWARD HIRSCH is a celebrated poet and peerless advocate for poetry.
- 400 Pages
- Poetry, Subjects & Themes
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About the Book
A Poet's Glossary was an extraordinary achievement, a definitive source for poets and poetry lovers alike. Now, The Essential Poet's Glossary gleans the very best from that extraordinary volume.Book Synopsis
A Poet's Glossary was an extraordinary achievement that continues to stand as a definitive source for poets and poetry lovers alike. Here, The Essential Poet's Glossary gleans the very best from that extraordinary volume."An instant classic that belongs on the bookshelf of every serious poet and literature student."--Washington Post
Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets Edward Hirsch has compiled poetic terms spanning centuries and continents, including forms, devices, movements, aesthetics, rhetorical terms, and folklore. Knowing how a poem works is crucial to unlocking its meaning--entries will deepen readers' relationships with their favorite poems and open greater levels of understanding in each new poem they encounter.
Shot through with the enthusiasm, authority, and sheer delight that made A Poet's Glossary and How to Read a Poem so beloved, this Essential edition is the book that all readers, writers, teachers, and students of poetry will return to again and again.
About the Author
EDWARD HIRSCH is a celebrated poet and peerless advocate for poetry. A MacArthur fellow and American Academy of Arts and Letters Award-winner, he has published eight books of poems and four books of prose. He serves as president of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.Dimensions (Overall): 8.0 Inches (H) x 5.4 Inches (W) x 1.2 Inches (D)
Weight: .7 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Sub-Genre: Subjects & Themes
Genre: Poetry
Number of Pages: 400
Publisher: Ecco Press
Theme: Inspirational & Religious
Format: Paperback
Author: Edward Hirsch
Language: English
Street Date: April 4, 2017
TCIN: 52281661
UPC: 9780544931237
Item Number (DPCI): 248-44-7494
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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