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A Poet's Glossary

A Poet's Glossary Hardcover - 2014

by Edward Hirsch

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A joyful, elegant glossary of poetic terms spanning centuries and continents, from the famed poet and author of the bestselling How to Read a Poem (And Fall in Love with Poetry).

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, 2014. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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  • Title A Poet's Glossary
  • Author Edward Hirsch
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition. F
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 736
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, Boston, MA
  • Date 2014
  • Bookseller's Inventory # G0151011958I3N00
  • ISBN 9780151011957 / 0151011958
  • Weight 2.16 lbs (0.98 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 6 x 2.17 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 5.51 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Poetry, Poetics
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2014011675
  • Dewey Decimal Code 808.103

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Summary

A major addition to the literature of poetry, Edward Hirsch’s sparkling new work is a compilation of forms, devices, groups, movements, isms, aesthetics, rhetorical terms, and folklore—a book that all readers, writers, teachers, and students of poetry will return to over and over.

Hirsch has delved deeply into the poetic traditions of the world, returning with an inclusive, international compendium. Moving gracefully from the bards of ancient Greece to the revolutionaries of Latin America, from small formal elements to large mysteries, he provides thoughtful definitions for the most important poetic vocabulary, imbuing his work with a lifetime of scholarship and the warmth of a man devoted to his art.

Knowing how a poem works is essential to unlocking its meaning. Hirsch’s entries will deepen readers’ relationships with their favorite poems and open greater levels of understanding in each new poem they encounter. Shot through with the enthusiasm, authority, and sheer delight that made How to Read a Poem so beloved, A Poet’s Glossary is a new classic.

From the publisher

Edward Hirsch is the author of five books of poetry and the acclaimed How to Read a Poem. He writes frequently about poetry for leading magazines and periodicals, among them American Poetry Review, DoubleTake (where he is editorial advisor in poetry), The New York Times Book Review and The New Yorker. He has received a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Prix de Rome, the National Book Critics Award, and an American Academy of Arts and Letters Award for Literature. In 1998 he was granted a MacArthur "Genius" Fellowship. He teaches at the University of Houston.

About the author

EDWARD HIRSCH, the celebrated poet, is a peerless advocate for poetry. A MacArthur fellow, he has published eight books of poems and four books of prose. He is president of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.

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