THE PURSUIT OF POETRY; A guide to its understanding and appreciation with an explanation of its forms and a dictionary of poetic terms

UNTERMEYER, Louis

ISBN 10: 0671204092 / ISBN 13: 9780671204099

Published by Simon and Schuster, NY, 1969

About this Item

8vo, pp. 318. Index, bibliography. Author's presentation to poet William Jay Smith on the flyleaf; " For Bill & Sonja | with all good wishes | & three more | As ever -- | Louis. | December | 1969." Black cloth stamped in gilt. Cover slightly faded at edges, but a VG copy in chipped and little faded dj.

Seller Inventory # 57164

Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE PURSUIT OF POETRY; A guide to its understanding and appreciation with an explanation of its forms and a dictionary of poetic terms
• Publisher: Simon and Schuster, NY
• Publication Date: 1969
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0671204092
• ISBN 13: 9780671204099
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First printing.
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Literature
  • Signed

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Synopsis

The first part of this book is an examination of poetry - how it is created and conceived, and how it can be understood and enjoyed. This part analyzes the sound of words, theory and form. The second part is a poetry handbook with an encyclopedia of poetic forms and examples of every pattern and form from ballads to ballades, from lyrics to epics, from sonnets to sestinas, from blank verse to free verse.