I tried reading a lot of Poetics books ... but I found that it all
slipped through my hands like so much sand.
Roger
On 7/15/08, Nathan Hondros <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Can anyone suggest a good textbook on poetry and poetics? I've always
> preferred reading the poetry itself, but I'm trying to improve my knowledge
> and avoid annoying myself and others by being a dilettante. My reading about
> poetry has always been more practical rather than theoretical - books on
> prosody, Rilke's letters, Pound's advice, unstructured reading from the
> Princeton Encyclopedia, and various relevant and unrelated essays by poets I
> admire. But I fear this reading lacks depth and structure.
> Suggestions will be taken very seriously.
>
> Thank you!
>
> Nathan
>
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