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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http://nathanhondros.blogspot.com
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