The Making of a Poem
Eavan Boland
(Editor)
Mark Strand
(Editor)
21,000+ Reviews
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Description
Two of our foremost poets provide here a lucid, straightforward primer that "looks squarely at some of the headaches and mysteries of poetic form" a book for readers who have always felt that an understanding of form (sonnet, ballad, villanelle, sestina, among others) would enhance their appreciation of poetry. Tracing "the exuberant history of forms," they devote one chapter to each form, offering explanation, close reading, and a rich selection of examplars that amply demonstrate the power and possibility of that form.
Product Details
Price
$18.95
$17.62
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Publish Date
April 17, 2001
Pages
366
Dimensions
5.6 X 1.1 X 8.9 inches | 1.1 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780393321784
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About the Author
Eavan Boland (1944--2020) was the author of more than a dozen volumes of poetry, including Outside History and several volumes of nonfiction, and was coeditor of the anthology The Making of Poem. Born in Dublin, Ireland, she was one of the foremost female voices in Irish literature. She received a Lannan Foundation Award and an American Ireland Fund Literary Award, among other honors. She taught at Trinity College Dublin, University College Dublin, Bowdoin College, and Stanford University, where she was the director of the creative writing program.
Mark Strand (1934-2014) was born in Prince Edward Island, Canada, and was the author of many books of poems, three volumes of translations, and one book of short stories. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, he died in November 2014, after being nominated for a National Book Award for Collected Poems.
Reviews
This is the book writers and readers, teachers and students, have been dreaming of--canny, generous, and practical, Boland and Strand are ideal guides through the golden labyrinth of poetry at its most ingenious and commanding. A marvelous collection!--J.D. McClatchy
A generous and exquisitely selective anthology of poetry forms that may make you decide to give up E-mail and start writing sestinas and villanelles.--Francine Prose - Elle
A marvelous new anthology... intended for readers daunted by terminology and complex poetic forms.--Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Much more poetry than commentary appears, making the book both a splendid classroom text and, since the selections are top-drawer poems by first-rate poets, a book any poetry lover or would-be poetry lover may learn from and love.--Booklist
A generous and exquisitely selective anthology of poetry forms that may make you decide to give up E-mail and start writing sestinas and villanelles.--Francine Prose - Elle
A marvelous new anthology... intended for readers daunted by terminology and complex poetic forms.--Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Much more poetry than commentary appears, making the book both a splendid classroom text and, since the selections are top-drawer poems by first-rate poets, a book any poetry lover or would-be poetry lover may learn from and love.--Booklist
