280 Pages
by
Routledge
280 Pages
by
Routledge
280 Pages
by
Routledge
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Many people are intimidated by poetry, thinking it difficult and high-brow and not for them. But it is still considered an essential part of art and literature. RE:Verse asks; Why and How should we read poetry?
This book, aimed at people just starting with literature, takes nothing for granted but opens poetry up to all in a way that makes it both exciting and fresh. Examples are taken from a... Read more
Acknowledgements To the Reader 1. Introduction: Listening to Poetry 2. Five Ideas for Reading 3. Making Poetry: Making Meanings 4. Public and Private Poetry 5. Why Is Poetry Difficult 6.‘Poetry is the subject of the poem' 7. Poetry and Translation 8. Reading Modern Poetry Appendices
Biography
Jeremy Tambling is Professor Of Literature at the University of Manchester, UK.
