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American poetry Appreciation American poetry Explication American poetry History and criticism English poetry History and criticism Poetry Appreciation Poetry Authorship Poetry Explication Poetry Explication Handbooks, manuals, etc Poètes américains Poésie américaine Histoire et critiqueSummary: This book invites the reader to jump into a selection of action poems written by people from different places and times. It gives the reader the keys needed to unlock poems. It equips the reader to explore the meanings that a poem has, and it explains the techniques poets use to create their effects.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Heinemann Library 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 808.1 ACTSummary: Poets, public figures and members of various communities join series creator Elisa New to engage in close readings of a single American poem. Each episode mixes lively discussion with archival materials, location footage, and vivid animation. The series offers audiences an immersive and accessible experience in reading poems that touch on many aspects of American life, past and present.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV POEFoster, Thomas C.
Summary: No literary form is as admired and feared as poetry. Admired for its lengthy pedigree—a line of poets extending back to a time before recorded history—and a ubiquitous presence in virtually all cultures, poetry is also revered for its great beauty and the powerful emotions it evokes. But the form has also instilled trepidation in its many admirers mainly because of a lack of familiarity and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Perennial 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.1 FOSHirsch, Edward.
Summary: This volume presents an exploration of poetry and feeling, introducing poems selected by the author as emblematic because they suggest something crucial about the nature of peotry itself, and offering his insights on how the poems should be read. In this guide, the author reaches out to all those who may be disaffected by the mere mention of poetry and instructs the reader to fucus on a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt Brace & Co. 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.1 HIRHirsch, Edward
Summary: "We live in unsettled times. What is America and who are we as a people? How do we understand the dreams and betrayals that have shaped the American experience? For poet and critic Edward Hirsch, poetry opens up new ways of answering these questions, of reconnecting with one another and with what's best in us. In this landmark new book from Library of America, Hirsch offers deeply personal...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Library of America 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.1 HIRBurt, Stephanie
Summary: "In Don't Read Poetry, award-winning poet and literary critic Stephanie Burt offers an accessible introduction to the seemingly daunting task of reading, understanding, and appreciating poetry. Burt dispels preconceptions about poetry and explains how poems speak to one another--and how they can speak to our lives. She shows readers how to find more poems once they have some poems they like,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Display, Call number: 811 BURCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Word Poetry BurtSol, Adam
Summary: A collection of thirty-five short essays demonstrating poetry's range and pleasures through encounters with poems that span traditions, techniques, and ambitions.
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Publisher / Publication Date: ECW Press 2019