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A Poetry Handbook: A Prose Guide to Understanding and Writing Poetry
"Mary Oliver would probably never admit to anything so grandiose as an effort to connect the conscious mind and the heart (that's what she says poetry can do), but that is exactly what she accomplishes in this stunning little handbook."--Los Angeles Times
From the beloved and acclaimed poet, an ultimate guide to writing and understanding poetry.
With passion and wit, Mary Oliver skillfully imparts expertise from her long, celebrated career as a disguised poet. She walks readers through exactly how a poem is built, from meter and rhyme, to form and diction, to sound and sense, drawing on poems by Robert Frost, Elizabeth Bishop, and others. This handbook is an invaluable glimpse into Oliver's prolific mind--a must-have for all poetry-lovers.
Book Details
- Publisher: Ecco Press
- Publish Date: Aug 15th, 1994
- Pages: 144
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 7.80in - 5.20in - 0.50in - 0.25lb
- EAN: 9780156724005
- Recommended age: 14-UP
- Categories: • Subjects & Themes - General• Poetry
About the Author
Mary Oliver (1935-2019), one of the most popular and widely honored poets in the U.S., was the author of more than thirty books of poetry and prose. Over the course of her long and illustrious career, she received numerous awards, including the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for American Primitive in 1984. Oliver also received the Shelley Memorial Award; a Guggenheim Fellowship; an American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters Achievement Award; the Christopher Award and the L.L. Winship/PEN New England Award for House of Light; the National Book Award for New and Selected Poems; a Lannan Foundation Literary Award; and the New England Booksellers Association Award for Literary Excellence. She lived most of her life in Provincetown, Massachusetts.
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What people are saying
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“I did basic exercises in scansion, studied Mary Oliver’s A Poetry Handbook, read interviews with Ashbery and O’Hara, Walcott, and Clifton, and listened to poets reading their poems so I could get a better sense of how to voice them.” @aarudpra https://t.co/IePEPacWYB https://t.co/U8ySFwlJlW
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What people are saying
Books, arts, and culture. Since 2003.
“I did basic exercises in scansion, studied Mary Oliver’s A Poetry Handbook, read interviews with Ashbery and O’Hara, Walcott, and Clifton, and listened to poets reading their poems so I could get a better sense of how to voice them.” @aarudpra https://t.co/IePEPacWYB https://t.co/U8ySFwlJlW