Name: Why Poetry Matters (Why x Matters Series) (en Inglés)
SKU: 2657433
Price: 41.89 USD
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Author: Jay Parini
ISBN: 9780300151466

portada Why Poetry Matters (Why x Matters Series) (en Inglés)

Why Poetry Matters (Why x Matters Series) (en Inglés)

Formato

Libro Físico

Editorial

Yale University Press

Autor

Jay Parini

Año

2009

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

224

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

Peso

0.40

ISBN

0300151462

ISBN13

9780300151466

Categorías

Estudios literarios: poesía y poetas

Why Poetry Matters (Why x Matters Series) (en Inglés)

Jay Parini (Autor) · Yale University Press · Tapa Blanda

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Poetry doesn’t matter to most people, observes Jay Parini at the opening of this book. But, undeterred, he commences a deeply felt meditation on poetry, its language and meaning, and its power to open minds and transform lives. By the end of the book, Parini has recovered a truth often obscured by our clamorous culture: without poetry, we live only partially, not fully conscious of the possibilities that life affords. Poetry indeed matters. A gifted poet and acclaimed teacher, Parini begins by looking at defenses of poetry written over the centuries. He ponders Aristotle, Horace, and Longinus, and moves on through Sidney, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Shelley, Eliot, Frost, Stevens, and others. Parini examines the importance of poetic voice and the mysteries of metaphor. He argues that a poet’s originality depends on a deep understanding of the traditions of political poetry, nature poetry, and religious poetry. Writing with a casual grace, Parini avoids jargon and makes his case in concise, direct terms: the mind of the poet supplies a light to the minds of others, kindling their imaginations, helping them to live their lives. The author’s love of poetry suffuses this insightful book―a volume for all readers interested in a fresh introduction to the art that lies at the center of Western civilization.