Poetry Handbook: For Readers and Writers - Softcover

Livingstone, Dinah

Softcover

ISBN 10: 033354207X ISBN 13: 9780333542071

Publisher: Red Globe Press, 1992

Synopsis

This poetry handbook is for anyone interested in poetry today - members of poetry workshops, students, or individuals at home. It covers traditional metres, sound patterns and forms but its emphasis is strongly on the more difficult questions of the rhythm, sound and shape of contemporary poetry. It discusses poetry's content and scope, poetry in society: both in Britain and by way of contrast, revolutionary Nicaragua. This is followed by a chapter on translating poetry. The conclusion makes some suggestions about where to look or go for poetry in Britain today.

About this title

About the Author

Dinah Livingstone is a poet, translator (from French, Spanish, German and Italian) and editor of the magazine Sofia. With 3 Arts Council Writers' Awards for her poetry, her ninth poetry collection is The Vision Splendid (Katabasis 2014) and her latest prose book is The Making of Humanity: Poetic Vision and Kindness (2017). Her first translation was Nature and Grace by Karl Rahner (Sheed and Ward 1963) and more recently she translated 3 volumes of Pope Francis's Morning Homilies (Orbis 2013-16) and new introductions to Walter Kasper's 2 classic christological works (Continuum 2011, 2012). She has a special interest in Latin American theology and poetry. She lives in London.

Edition details

• Publisher: Red Globe Press
• Publication date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 033354207X
• ISBN 13: 9780333542071
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 184