| The Sounds of Poetry: A Brief Guide Contributor(s): Pinsky, Robert (Author) |
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ISBN: 0374526176 ISBN-13: 9780374526177 Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux OUR PRICE: $15.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 1999 Annotation: Citing the work of 50 different poets--from Shakespeare and Donne to Elizabeth Bishop and Frank Bidart--the Poet Laureate explains the principles of the sounds of what is called poetry. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Speech & Pronunciation - Literary Criticism | Poetry - Poetry |
| Dewey: 808.54 |
| Physical Information: 0.46" H x 5" W x 7.52" (0.32 lbs) 144 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Poet Laureate's clear and entertaining account of how poetry works. Poetry is a vocal, which is to say a bodily, art, Robert Pinsky declares in The Sounds of Poetry. The medium of poetry is the human body: the column of air inside the chest, shaped into signifying sounds in the larynx and the mouth. In this sense, poetry is as physical or bodily an art as dancing. As Poet Laureate, Pinsky is one of America's best spokesmen for poetry. In this fascinating book, he explains how poets use the technology of poetry--its sounds--to create works of art that are performed in us when we read them aloud. He devotes brief, informative chapters to accent and duration, syntax and line, like and unlike sounds, blank and free verse. He cites examples from the work of fifty different poets--from Shakespeare, Donne, and Herbert to W. C. Williams, Frost, Elizabeth Bishop, C. K. Williams, Louise Gl ck, and Frank Bidart. This ideal introductory volume belongs in the library of every poet and student of poetry. |
Contributor Bio(s): Pinsky, Robert: - A former Poet Laureate of the United States, Robert Pinsky was born and raised in Long Branch, New Jersey. In addition to his books of poetry and The Inferno of Dante, he has written prose works, including The Life of David and The Sounds of Poetry. |