Classic Writings on Poetry - Softcover

William Harmon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 8170463076 ISBN 13: 9788170463078

Publisher: Seagull Books, 2006

Synopsis

Poetry has always given rise to interpretation, judgement and controversy indeed, the history of poetry criticism is as rich and varied a journey as the history of poetry itself but classic writings such as emersons essay the poet and whitmans preface to leaves of grass serve as more than a critical call and response: the works are striking examples of how the finest poets themselves have written on poetics and the works of their peers and predecesors - revealing, in the process, much about the theory and passion behind their own works spanning thousands of years and including thiry-three of the most major influential critical essays ever written, classic writings on poetry is the first major anthology of criticism devoted exclusively to poetry beginnnng with a survey of the history of poetics and providing an introduction and brief biography for each reading, esteemed poet and critic william harmon takes readers from platos republic and aristotles poetics to the norse mythology of sno

About this edition

• Publisher: Seagull Books
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 8170463076
• ISBN 13: 9788170463078
• Binding: Paperback