A little book on form : an exploration into the formal imagination of poetry / Robert Hass.
| Author/creator | Hass, Robert author. |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | First edition. |
| Publication | New York, NY : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2017] |
| Copyright Date | ©2017 |
| Description | x, 446 pages ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction -- One -- Two -- Three -- Four -- A note on numbers -- Blank verse -- Sonnet -- Reading the sonnet -- Victorian medievalism: sestina and villanelle -- A note on genre -- Ode -- Reading the ode -- Elegy -- Reading the elegy -- Satire -- Georgic -- Variable stanzas and organic form -- Difficult forms -- Collage, abstraction, Oulipo, and procedural poetics -- Mixed forms -- Prose poem -- A note on stress -- How to scan a poem -- How free verse works -- Acknowledgments -- Credits. |
| Abstract | "Robert Hass--former poet laureate, winner of the National Book Award, and recipient of the Pulitzer Prize--illuminates the formal impulses that underlie great poetry in this accessible volume of essays drawn from a series of lectures he delivered at the renowned Iowa Writers' Workshop, "--NoveList. |
| Abstract | " ... Hass investigates the ancient roots of the poetic impulse, taking a wide-ranging look at the most intense experiences of human thought and feeling in language"--Jacket. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 433-446). |
| Genre/form | Instructional and educational works. |
| Genre/form | Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
| Genre/form | Instructional and educational works. |
| ISBN | 9780062332424 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 0062332422 (hardcover) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | PN1059.A9 H37 2017 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |