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This craft of verse This craft of verse Jorge Luis Borges **From Library Journal:** For Borges (1899-1986), the central fact of life was the existence of words and their potential as building blocks of poetry. In this series of six long-forgotten lectures g… OL104898W
A reader's guide to fifty modern European poets A reader's guide to fifty modern European poets John Pilling From the Blurb: The last century and a quarter has been one of the most fertile periods for poetry in Europe and there has been a corresponding increase in interest among English-speaking readers. Al… OL13376969W
Soledades Soledades Antonio Machado 108 pages ; 23 cm OL1344065W
Creaturely and other essays Creaturely and other essays Devin Johnston In vivid prose, Devin Johnston makes forays across the border between humans and animals, seeking out intersections between culture and nature. These eight essays describe encounters with creatures c… OL15737955W
Women peasant poets in eighteenth-century England, Scotland, and Germany Women peasant poets in eighteenth-century England, Scotland, and Germany Susanne Kord "This is the first comparative study of a highly unlikely group of authors: eighteenth-century women peasants in England, Scotland, and Germany, women who, as a rule, received little or no formal edu… OL16943640W
Shadows Numberless Shadows Numberless Adam Fieled Shadows Numberless: Four Collections Of Critical Material by Adam Fieled encompasses two centuries of poetry and literature. Portions have appeared in Jacket Magazine, The Argotist Online, Tears in t… OL17062577W
Langston Hughes Langston Hughes Jennifer Joline Anderson An introduction to the life and career of the beloved 20th-century American author, poet, and playwright. OL17921748W
Beauty Poetry Beauty Poetry Sheila Griffin Llanas "Explores beauty-themed poetry, including famous American and European poets and their poems, as well as literary criticism, poetic technique, explication, and prompts for further study"--Provided by… OL18119076W
A Poet's Guide to Poetry A Poet's Guide to Poetry Mary Kinzie A handbook for poets that explores both the inspiration behind the writing of poems and their formal elements. OL1840272W
Who reads poetry Who reads poetry Don Share,Fred Sasaki A collection of fifty Poetry magazine columns written by non-poets that describe what draws them to poetry. OL19722192W
Where have you been? Where have you been? Hofmann, Michael "A collection of essays on poetry and translation from literary critic Michael Hofmann"-- OL19992694W
The Princeton handbook of poetic terms The Princeton handbook of poetic terms Stephen Cushman,Roland Greene "This new edition collects over 200 entries from The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics: Fourth Edition (2012). Roland Greene and Stephen Cushman have selected the terms most common in lite… OL20035918W
The Works Key Stage 2 The Works Key Stage 2 Pie Corbett Poems of different forms and themes for Years 3,4,5 and 6 with activities and lesson plans. OL20740541W
Twentieth century pleasures Twentieth century pleasures Robert Hass A selection of essays written during the last five years on the importance and vitality of poetry. OL2200464W
Death poetry Death poetry Stephanie Buckwalter "Explores death poetry, including famous American and European poets and their poems, as well as literary criticism, poetic technique, explication, and prompts for further study"--Provided by publish… OL23286449W
Calling from diffusion Calling from diffusion Thomas M. Greene "Based on four Neilson Lectures delivered at Smith College, this book examines a series of "promenade poems," lyrics that follow a poetic speaker moving through a landscape and responding to it. Thom… OL3516315W
Lyric powers Lyric powers Robert Von Hallberg "To explain why a reader might prefer one kind of poem to another, von Hallberg moves beyond thematic significance to analyze the varieties of musicality found in both lyric poetry and popular song, … OL3753016W
The most disreputable trade The most disreputable trade Thomas Frank Bonnell "A publishing phenomenon began in Glasgow in 1765. Uniform pocket editions of the English Poets printed by Robert and Andrew Foulis formed the first link in a chain of literary products that has grow… OL5668216W
Paratextual communities Paratextual communities Susan Vanderborg "Susan Vanderborg examines the role of paratexts - notes, prefaces, marginalia, and source documents - in shaping the reading communities for American experimental poetry published since 1950." "Vand… OL7797797W
Os Lusíadas Os Lusíadas Souza Botelho,Luís de Camões *Os Lusíadas*, usually translated as *The Lusiads*, is a Portuguese epic poem written by Luís de Camões and first published in 1572. It is widely regarded as the most important work of Portuguese-lan… OL848771W
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