yeh, thought it would interesting if "the" book exists. We'll see!
On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 11:52 AM, sharon brogan <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I shall watch this thread with interest.
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> On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 9:50 PM, Nathan Hondros <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
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> > 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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