0
Your cart

Your cart is empty

Books

Not currently available

A Difficult Grace - On Poets, Poetry and Writing (Paperback) Loot Price: R610
Discovery Miles 6 100
A Difficult Grace - On Poets, Poetry and Writing (Paperback): Michael Ryan

A Difficult Grace - On Poets, Poetry and Writing (Paperback)

Michael Ryan

Series: Life of Poetry: Poets on Their Art & Craft

 (sign in to rate)
Loot Price R610 Discovery Miles 6 100 | Repayment Terms: R57 pm x 12*

Bookmark and Share

Supplier out of stock. If you add this item to your wish list we will let you know when it becomes available.

"[In] preliterate societies, even those as late as ancient Greece and Anglo-Saxon England, the poet is the ideologue, historian, theologian, philosopher, TV, newspaper, Internet, and megamultiplex cinema rolled into one" -- so begins Michael Ryan's lively description of the cultural context of ancient poetry, in pointed contrast to that of poetry now. Inspired by Ryan's interest in how poets have historically perceived themselves and produced their poetry, and informed by his own experience as a poet and writer, A Difficult Grace examines the lives and works of Dickinson, Yeats, Pound, Eliot, Williams, Whitman, Frost, Bishop, and Stevens (as well as other poets and writers before and since). Ryan deftly combines literary history, critical writing by the writers themselves, and his own expert understanding of their work. The result is a collection of powerfully argued essays written in a style easily accessible to a wide range of readers. Attending to the difficult graces of form, structure, rhythm, and technique, Ryan illuminates the unifying subject of his book: the vocation of the poet and the writer in the contemporary world. This is an essential book for both writers and readers.

General

Imprint: University of Georgia Press
Country of origin: United States
Series: Life of Poetry: Poets on Their Art & Craft
Release date: October 2000
First published: October 2000
Authors: Michael Ryan
Dimensions: 210 x 140 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 200
ISBN-13: 978-0-8203-2231-5
Categories: Books
LSN: 0-8203-2231-8
Barcode: 9780820322315

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!

Partners