How to Read (and Write About) Poetry - Second Edition - Softcover

Holbrook, Susan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 155481510X ISBN 13: 9781554815104

Publisher: Broadview Press, 2021

Synopsis

How to Read (and Write About) Poetry invites students and others curious about poetry to join the critical conversation about a genre many find a little mystifying, even intimidating. In an accessible, engaging manner, this book introduces the productive questions, reading strategies, literary terms, and secondary research tips that will empower readers to participate in literary analysis. Holbrook explicates a number of poems, initiating readers into critical discourse while highlighting key poetic terms. The explications are followed by selections of related works, so the book thus offers what amounts to a brief anthology, ideal for a poetry unit or introductory class on poetry and poetics. A chapter on meter illuminates the rhythmic dimension of poetry and guides readers through methods of scansion.

The second edition is updated throughout and includes a fresh selection of poems and the latest MLA citation guidance.

About this title

About the Author

Susan Holbrook is a poet, a critic, and Professor of Literature and Creative Writing at the University of Windsor.

From the Back Cover

How to Read (and Write About) Poetry invites students and others curious about poetry to join the critical conversation about a genre many find a little mystifying, even intimidating. In an accessible, engaging manner, this book introduces the productive questions, reading strategies, literary terms, and secondary research tips that will empower readers to participate in literary analysis. Holbrook explicates a number of poems, initiating readers into critical discourse while highlighting key poetic terms. The explications are followed by selections of related works, so the book thus offers what amounts to a brief anthology, ideal for a poetry unit or introductory class on poetry and poetics. A chapter on meter illuminates the rhythmic dimension of poetry and guides readers through methods of scansion.

The second edition is updated throughout and includes a fresh selection of poems and the latest MLA citation guidance.

Edition details

• Publisher: Broadview Press
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 155481510X
• ISBN 13: 9781554815104
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 210