Art of the Poetic Line

Name: Art of the Poetic Line
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ISBN: 9781555974886

ISBN-10: 1555974880

ISBN-13: 9781555974886

Edition: N/A

Authors: James Longenbach

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The Art Of series is a new line of books reinvigorating the practice of craft and criticism. Each book will be a brief, witty, and useful exploration of fiction, nonfiction, or poetry by a writer impassioned by a singular craft issue. The Art Of volumes will provide a series of sustained examinations of key but sometimes neglected aspects of creative writing by some of contemporary literature' s finest practioners. " Poetry is the sound of language organized in lines." James Longenbach opens this provocative book with that essential statement. Through a range of examples-- from Shakespeare and Milton to Ashbery and Glu ck-- Longenbach describes the function of line in metered, rhymed,…

Book details

List price: $15.00
Publisher: Graywolf Press
Publication date: 12/26/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 120
Size: 6.04" wide x 7.11" long x 0.43" tall
Weight: 0.308
Language: English



Preface


Line and syntax


Ending the line


Poem and prose


Further reading


References