A little book on form an exploration into the formal imagination of poetry /
"Robert Hass--former poet laureate, winner of the National Book Award, and recipient of the Pulitzer Prize--illuminates the formal impulses that underlie great poetry in this accessible volume of essays drawn from a series of lectures he delivered at the renowned Iowa Writers' Workshop,&qu...
| Main Author: | Hass, Robert, |
|---|---|
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York, NY :
Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,
2017.
|
| Physical Description: |
x, 446 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Edition: | First edition. |
| Subjects: |
| Summary: |
"Robert Hass--former poet laureate, winner of the National Book Award, and recipient of the Pulitzer Prize--illuminates the formal impulses that underlie great poetry in this accessible volume of essays drawn from a series of lectures he delivered at the renowned Iowa Writers' Workshop,"--NoveList. "...Hass investigates the ancient roots of the poetic impulse, taking a wide-ranging look at the most intense experiences of human thought and feeling in language" -- Book jacket. |
|---|---|
| Item Description: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 433-446). Introduction -- One -- Two -- Three -- Four -- A note on numbers -- Blank verse -- Sonnet -- Reading the sonnet -- Victorian medievalism: sestina and villanelle -- A note on genre -- Ode -- Reading the ode -- Elegy -- Reading the elegy -- Satire -- Georgic -- Variable stanzas and organic form -- Difficult forms -- Collage, abstraction, Oulipo, and procedural poetics -- Mixed forms -- Prose poem -- A note on stress -- How to scan a poem -- How free verse works -- Acknowledgments -- Credits. "Robert Hass--former poet laureate, winner of the National Book Award, and recipient of the Pulitzer Prize--illuminates the formal impulses that underlie great poetry in this accessible volume of essays drawn from a series of lectures he delivered at the renowned Iowa Writers' Workshop,"--NoveList. "...Hass investigates the ancient roots of the poetic impulse, taking a wide-ranging look at the most intense experiences of human thought and feeling in language" -- Book jacket. |
| Physical Description: |
x, 446 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 433-446). |
| ISBN: |
9780062332424 0062332422 |