Writing and Workshopping Poetry : A Constructive Introduction

Guppy, Stephen

ISBN 10: 1554813085 / ISBN 13: 9781554813087

Published by Broadview Press, 2016

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Writing and Workshopping Poetry : A Constructive Introduction
• Publisher: Broadview Press
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1554813085
• ISBN 13: 9781554813087
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Most texts on creative writing emphasize either sources of inspiration or strategies for editing. The process of getting from initial inspiration to final draft isn’t often dealt with in any practical way. Writing and Workshopping Poetry focuses on all three phases of the process of composition: finding the material; building and developing the poem from rough draft to complete work; editing and refining.

The text offers everything students and instructors need: extensive notes written in an accessible, conversational style; seventy-five writing exercises; and about a hundred poems chosen from a wide range of sources, from sixteenth-century sonnets to experimental constrained forms, with an emphasis on exciting poems by contemporary American and Canadian poets. Each chapter concludes with a brief, point-form summary of major learning objectives as well as a review list of useful terms.

About the Author

Stephen Guppy is a retired Professor of English, Creative Writing, and Journalism and a current Honorary Research Associate, Vancouver Island University. He is the author of multiple works of fiction and poetry.