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How to Read Poetry Like a Professor : A Quippy and Sonorous Guide to Verse by Thomas C. Foster (2018, Uk-B Format Paperback)
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Most of us started out loving poetry because it filled our beloved children's books from Dr. Seuss to Robert Louis Stevenson. Eventually, our reading shifted to prose and later when we encountered poetry again, we had no recent experience to make it feel familiar.
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PublisherHarperCollins
ISBN-10006211378X
ISBN-139780062113788
eBay Product ID (ePID)17038255358
Product Key Features
Number of Pages224 Pages
Publication NameHow to Read Poetry like a Professor : a Quippy and Sonorous Guide to Verse
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2018
SubjectAmerican / African American, Teaching Methods & Materials / Reading & Phonics, Study & Teaching, Teaching Methods & Materials / Language Arts
TypeTextbook
AuthorThomas C. Foster
Subject AreaPoetry, Language Arts & Disciplines, Education
FormatUk-B Format Paperback
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Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight5.9 Oz
Item Length8.1 in
Item Width5.4 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2018-295084
Reviews"[An] accessible guide... [Foster's] discussion of symbolism is particularly effective and may help readers learn to actually enjoy the experience of interpreting a poem... Students struggling to understand poetry, or even English instructors struggling to teach it, could benefit immensely from Foster's guidance." -- Publishers Weekly "Foster's enthusiasm is infectious...he has clearly enjoyed teaching and sharing his love of literature with his students during his long career. How to Read Poetry Like a Professor is not unlike that freshman English class that everyone vies to enroll in--entertaining and informative without being intimidating. The curriculum is on point, and in the end, you'll have the tools to truly 'get' poetry, with all its manifest themes and variations." -- BookPage, [An] accessible guide... [Foster's] discussion of symbolism is particularly effective and may help readers learn to actually enjoy the experience of interpreting a poem... Students struggling to understand poetry, or even English instructors struggling to teach it, could benefit immensely from Foster's guidance., Foster's enthusiasm is infectious...he has clearly enjoyed teaching and sharing his love of literature with his students during his long career. How to Read Poetry Like a Professor is not unlike that freshman English class that everyone vies to enroll in--entertaining and informative without being intimidating. The curriculum is on point, and in the end, you'll have the tools to truly 'get' poetry, with all its manifest themes and variations.
Edition DescriptionDigital original
SynopsisAn essential primer to reading poetry that unlocks the keys to enjoying works from Lord Byron to the Beatles No literary form is as admired and feared as poetry. Admired for its lengthy pedigree-a line of poets extending back to a time before recorded history-and a ubiquitous presence in virtually all cultures, poetry is also revered for its great beauty and the powerful emotions it evokes. But the form has also instilled trepidation in its many admirers mainly because of a lack of familiarity and knowledge. Poetry demands more from readers-intellectually, emotionally, and spiritually-than other literary forms. Most of us started out loving poetry because it filled our beloved children's books from Dr. Seuss to Robert Louis Stevenson. Eventually, our reading shifted to prose, and later when we encountered poetry again, we had no recent experience to make it feel familiar. But reading poetry doesn't need to be so overwhelming. In an entertaining and engaging voice, Thomas C. Foster shows readers how to overcome their fear of poetry and learn to enjoy it once more. How to Read Poetry Like a Professor examines a wide array of poems and teaches readers: * How to read a poem to understand its primary meaning. * The different technical elements of poetry such as meter, diction, rhyme, line structures, length, order, and regularity, and how to learn to see these elements as allies rather than adversaries. * How to listen for a poem's secondary meaning by paying attention to the echoes that the language of poetry summons up. * How to hear the music in poems-and the poetry in songs! With How to Read Poetry Like a Professor, readers can rediscover poetry and reap its many rewards., From the bestselling author of How to Read Literature Like a Professor comes this essential primer to reading poetry like a professor that unlocks the keys to enjoying works from Lord Byron to the Beatles. No literary form is as admired and feared as poetry. Admired for its lengthy pedigree--a line of poets extending back to a time before recorded history--and a ubiquitous presence in virtually all cultures, poetry is also revered for its great beauty and the powerful emotions it evokes. But the form has also instilled trepidation in its many admirers mainly because of a lack of familiarity and knowledge. Poetry demands more from readers--intellectually, emotionally, and spiritually--than other literary forms. Most of us started out loving poetry because it filled our beloved children's books from Dr. Seuss to Robert Louis Stevenson. Eventually, our reading shifted to prose and later when we encountered poetry again, we had no recent experience to make it feel familiar. But reading poetry doesn't need to be so overwhelming. In an entertaining and engaging voice, Thomas C. Foster shows readers how to overcome their fear of poetry and learn to enjoy it once more. From classic poets such as Shakespeare, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and Edna St. Vincent Millay to later poets such as E.E. Cummings, Billy Collins, and Seamus Heaney, How to Read Poetry Like a Professor examines a wide array of poems and teaches readers: How to read a poem to understand its primary meaning. The different technical elements of poetry such as meter, diction, rhyme, line structures, length, order, regularity, and how to learn to see these elements as allies rather than adversaries. How to listen for a poem's secondary meaning by paying attention to the echoes that the language of poetry summons up. How to hear the music in poems--and the poetry in songs With How to Read Poetry Like a Professor , readers can rediscover poetry and reap its many rewards., From the bestselling author of How to Read Literature Like a Professor comes this essential primer to reading poetry like a professor that unlocks the keys to enjoying works from Lord Byron to the Beatles. No literary form is as admired and feared as poetry. Admired for its lengthy pedigree--a line of poets extending back to a time before recorded history--and a ubiquitous presence in virtually all cultures, poetry is also revered for its great beauty and the powerful emotions it evokes. But the form has also instilled trepidation in its many admirers mainly because of a lack of familiarity and knowledge. Poetry demands more from readers--intellectually, emotionally, and spiritually--than other literary forms. Most of us started out loving poetry because it filled our beloved children's books from Dr. Seuss to Robert Louis Stevenson. Eventually, our reading shifted to prose and later when we encountered poetry again, we had no recent experience to make it feel familiar. But reading poetry doesn't need to be so overwhelming. In an entertaining and engaging voice, Thomas C. Foster shows readers how to overcome their fear of poetry and learn to enjoy it once more. From classic poets such as Shakespeare, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and Edna St. Vincent Millay to later poets such as E.E. Cummings, Billy Collins, and Seamus Heaney, How to Read Poetry Like a Professor examines a wide array of poems and teaches readers: How to read a poem to understand its primary meaning. The different technical elements of poetry such as meter, diction, rhyme, line structures, length, order, regularity, and how to learn to see these elements as allies rather than adversaries. How to listen for a poem's secondary meaning by paying attention to the echoes that the language of poetry summons up. How to hear the music in poems--and the poetry in songs! With How to Read Poetry Like a Professor, readers can rediscover poetry and reap its many rewards.
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- Mar 29, 2019
Boring book
Makes me want to avoid poetry, rather than believe that I will ever get anything out of reading it at this stage in my life.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
