De/Compositions

Snodgrass, W D

ISBN 10: 1555973175 / ISBN 13: 9781555973179

Published by Graywolf, 2001

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This book is in good condition with very minimal damage. Pages may have minimal notes or highlighting. Cover image on the book may vary from photo. Ships out quickly in a secure plastic mailer.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: De/Compositions
• Publisher: Graywolf
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1555973175
• ISBN 13: 9781555973179
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: good

About this title

Synopsis

This original, illuminating, and sometimes quite funny poetry anthology is primarily concerned with a fundamental and familiar question: How can we tell good poetry from bad? To illustrate precisely why these 101 poems, many of them well-loved classics, are so accomplished and remarkable, the prize-winning poet, author, critic, and veteran teacher Snodgrass herein rewrites them―wrongly. De/Compositions tellingly presents these rewrites next to the originals―by poets ranging from William Shakespeare to William Stafford―and thus we can more fully appreciate the artistry of these astonishing poems word by word, line by line, stanza by stanza. This book will appeal to anyone studying the craft and/or creativity that good poems demand.

About the Author

W.D. Snodgrass won the Pulitzer Prize for his first book of poems, Heart's Needle (1959). The celebrated author of more than thirty books of poetry, prose, and translations, he is Distinguished Professor Emeritus from the University of Delaware and lives in Erieville, New York.