How to read poetry like a professor
Subtitle: a quippy and sonorous guide to verse
By: Thomas C. Foster
Edition: First HarperLuxe edition.
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780062791870
Subjects: Poetics; Large type books; History and criticism; Poetry
Description: "Poetry demands more from readers--intellectually, emotionally, and spiritually--than other literary forms. Most of us started out loving poetry because it filled our beloved children's books from Dr. Seuss to Robert Louis Stevenson. Eventually, our reading shifted to prose and later when we encountered poetry again, we had no recent experience to make it feel familiar. But reading poetry doesn't need to be so overwhelming. In an entertaining and engaging voice, Thomas C. Foster shows readers how to overcome their fear of poetry and learn to enjoy it once more."--Back cover.