This accessible writer’s guide provides a helpful framework for creating poetry and navigates contemporary concerns and practices. Stephen Dobyns, author of the classic book on the beauty
of poetry, Best Words, Best Order moves into new terrain in this remarkable book. Bringing years of experience to bear on issues such as subject matter, the mechanics of poetry, and
the revision process, Dobyns explores the complex relationship between writers and their work. From Philip Larkin to Pablo Neruda to William Butler Yeats, every chapter reveals useful
lessons in these renowned poets’ work. Both enlightening and encouraging, Next Word, Better Word demystifies a subtle art form and shows writers how to overcome obstacles in the
creative process.
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The Whole Harmonium: The Life of Wallace Stevens
$630 -
Remaking Shakespeare: Performance Across Media, Genres and Cultures
$7,650 -
E. E. Cummings’ Modernism and the Classics: Each Imperishable Stanza
$4,500 -
On Poetry
$558 -
Virgil: The Aeneid
$808 -
The First Modern Japanese: The Life of Ishikawa Takuboku
$1,575 -
Milton in the Long Restoration
$6,075 -
The Botanic Garden by Erasmus Darwin
$14,400 -
The Lyric Poem and Aestheticism: Forms of Modernity
$5,400 -
The Olson Codex: Projective Verse and the Problem of Mayan Glyphs
$1,798 -
Poetry Criticism: Criticism of the Works of the Most Significant and Widely Studied Poets of World Literature
$13,365 -
Dante and the Seven Deadly Sins: Twelve Literary and Historical Essays
$3,150 -
The Limits of Fabrication: Materials Science, Materialist Poetics
$1,800 -
Pn Review
$350 -
Poetry for Students: Presenting Analysis, Context, and Criticism on Commonly Studied Poetry
$7,155 -
Compendium: A Collection of Thoughts on Prosody
$698 -
One Toss of the Dice: The Incredible Story of How a Poem Made Us Modern
$978 -
Sa’di in Love: The Lyrical Verses of Persia’s Master Poet
$4,275 -
The Metaphysics of Sound in Wallace Stevens
$1,123 -
Persian Poetry in the Classical Era, 800-1500
$4,455