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The Norton Introduction to Poetry Book

Of the more than 500 poems, nearly 80 are new to this edition, from the deservedly familiar - such as those by Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and Edmund Spenser - to those that rouse the quickening thrill of discovery - such as those by Margaret Atwood, Amy Clampitt, Robert Hayden, and Seamus Heaney.Two introductory chapters illustrate the varieties of subject matter, theme, and tone that poetry offers. These are followed by an eight-chapter section called "Text," in which questions of craft, the so-called elements of poetry, are explored systematically, one by one. A second section, "Context," suggests some ways of seeing a poem within its temporal and cultural contexts. A group of poems for further reading offers a reservoir of additional examples.Read More

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  • 0393954870
  • 9780393954876
  • Hunter J. Paul
  • 1 February 1986
  • W. W. Norton & Company
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 576
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