Gleason Public Library (Carlisle)

Poetry, a survivor's guide, Mark Yakich

eng

illustrations

index present

poetry

Poetry

900913555

Mark Yakich

a survivor's guide

"A provocative and practical guide, written for students of creative writing as well as literary studies, to an art form that is both loved and feared"--, Provided by publisher

Introduction -- Reading: Essentials -- Poetic aims -- Accessibility -- Biography -- Close reading -- Emotion -- Pattern and variation -- Ineffability -- Sound work -- Rhythm -- Enjambment -- The line -- The lyric -- Metaphor -- Ambiguity -- Dickinson -- Classics -- Myths -- Great books -- Whitman -- Imagery -- Roses -- Prose poetry -- Narrative -- Criticism and theory -- Pessoa -- Political poetry -- Aesthetics -- Reader response -- Classroom reading -- Poetry readings -- Reader's block -- Spirituality -- Flight -- Writing: First principles -- Form -- Sonnet -- Self-expression -- Sublimation -- Imitation -- Avant-Garde -- Translation -- Technique -- The creative writing classroom -- The workshop -- Peer review -- Revision -- Poet-teachers -- Professionalization -- Master of fine arts -- Literary magazines -- Publication -- Series, sequence -- Chapbooks, manuscript -- Collections -- Book reviews -- Writing conferences -- Culture jamming -- Poetic practices -- Procrastination -- End notes -- Epilogue