Next Word, Better Word: The Craft of Writing Poetry
Autor Stephen Dobynsen Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 mar 2011
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780230621800
ISBN-10: 0230621805
Pagini: 280
Dimensiuni: 156 x 235 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.39 kg
Editura: Palgrave MacMillan
Locul publicării:Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0230621805
Pagini: 280
Dimensiuni: 156 x 235 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.39 kg
Editura: Palgrave MacMillan
Locul publicării:Basingstoke, United Kingdom
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Descriere
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 Louise Gluck 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.
Cuprins
Introduction
Approaching Subject Matter
Joining Form and Content
Reconciling Paradox
Aspects of the Syllable
Line Breaks
Context and Causality
A Sense of Space
Closure
Revision
Moral Inquiry
Bearing Witness
Counterpoint
The Nature of Metaphor
Approaching Subject Matter
Joining Form and Content
Reconciling Paradox
Aspects of the Syllable
Line Breaks
Context and Causality
A Sense of Space
Closure
Revision
Moral Inquiry
Bearing Witness
Counterpoint
The Nature of Metaphor
Recenzii
'Dobyns (Warren Wilson College) has long been prominent in contemporary American letters, not only for several books of poetry and an impressive number of novels and literary awards but also for his first collection of essays on poetry, Best Words, Best Order (1996). In the introduction to this new collection, Dobyns explains that Next Word, Better Word "complements and continues" its predecessor while attempting to be "more methodical" and more accessible to lay readers. Organized into 13 chapters, each devoted to some aspect of the genre, this book will certainly become, as did its predecessor, a classic. Impeccable in scholarship, packed with apt examples and careful reasoning, the present volume offers novice poets full, readable explanations on how to approach some of the most difficult problems of the craft. Seasoned poets and critics will find much to reconsider in terms of craft and aesthetics. Dobyns's polite, quiet attempt to reframe the genre amid divergent contemporary debate is of particular importance and should occupy conversations on the topic for quite some time. A particularly worthwhile challenge for undergraduates. Summing Up: Essential. All readers. - C. E. O'Neill, New Mexico State University at Alamogordo' - Choice Essential review
Choice Essential review'No one but Stephen Dobyns has tackled this impossible genre with such smart, sensible, and charming results. Place this new one next to his Best Words, Best Order, and the poetry-instruction shelf of your library will be complete. All bitten by the poetry bug must read this.' - Billy Collins, Poet Laureate of the United States, 2001-2003 and author of Ballistics
'Serious but playful; stylish and true; honest yet magical—this is a comprehensive and beautifully written book about the thorny, joyous art of making poems. It is the best contemporary guide to poetry I have read.' - David Morley, National Teaching Fellow, University of Warwick and author of Enchantment
'Stephen Dobyns unpacks the essential kit of the trade, all the taken-for-granted tools which poets think with and work with to find out what their poems want to say: line breaks, how syllables behave, the hide-and-seek of metaphor, how a poem hangs on the page like a bird in flight. He enters into dialogue with a galaxy of poets, to help us listen better to poems, to read better, and also maybe write better this most central of arts.' - Ruth Padel, author of Darwin: A Life in Poems and The Poem and the Journey
'Next Word, Better Word is a gift from a great teacher returning us to the enduring mysteries of the art.' - Ellen Bryant Voigt, former Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets and author of Messenger: New and Selected Poems 1976-2006
"Stephen Dobyns, a great American poet, gives a lucid explanation of his craft. This book is valuable for poets, film-makers, novelists, playwrights, and anyone interested in the clear expression of original thought." - Fred Wiseman, film-maker
'Stephen Dobyns' new book on poetic craft defines, with an impressive breadth of reference, what is required for poets to give their subjects significant form, a nuanced aesthetic embodiment that is true to the poet's deepest concerns and open to a process of discovery, resistant to any idea that might limit a full exploration of the chosen materials. This book should be of genuine interest not only to apprentice poets but to anyone who wants to understand the choices involved in making a poem substantial and persuasive.'— Carl Dennis, winner of the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry and author of Poetry as Persuasion
'Robert Frost said that a poem 'must begin in delight and end in wisdom.' Here is the rare book about the process of poetry that does both, and brilliantly. Luminous erudition coupled with a palpable love for subject, Next Word, Better Word is sure to be an education and an inspiration for student poets, seasoned poets, and—dare I say—there's plenty here for prose writers, too. Dobyns not only takes us deeply into the matter of the poet's craft, but into the poet himself: how the knowledge necessary to write a good poem intersects with the enlightenment born of experience." - Binnie Kirshenbaum, Writing Chair, School of the Arts Writing Program, Columbia University and author of The Scenic Route
'Stephen Dobyns states in his introduction that 'writing a poem is one of the ways to love the world,' and the rest of the book demonstrates, in exquisite, careful detail, exactly how. Full of invaluable insights and basic information for aspiring poets, Dobyns' collection also has much to say to his peers—and he peoples his essays with some of the art's most engaging practitioners, from the well-known, such as Baudelaire and Rilke, to those who will be new to many, such as the Russian Acmeists, and most valuably, he gives us their poetry as well their thoughts and lives. It's a book to study, to return to, to annotate with marginalia, but it's also a book to curl up with and simply enjoy.' - Cole Swensen, Professor, Iowa Writers' Workshop and author of Goest
Praise for Best Words, Best Order:
'Few writers are as versatile or prolific as Stephen Dobyns . . . He provides us with informed, resonant readings of contemporary poems.' -The New York Times Book Review
'Painstaking, admirable, and enjoyable.' -The Times Literary Supplement
'These essays are wonderfully efficient little machines, reproducing in the reader Dobyns's deep understanding of and affection for the work of such peers as Rilke, Mandelstan, and Chekhov.' -Library Journal
Choice Essential review'No one but Stephen Dobyns has tackled this impossible genre with such smart, sensible, and charming results. Place this new one next to his Best Words, Best Order, and the poetry-instruction shelf of your library will be complete. All bitten by the poetry bug must read this.' - Billy Collins, Poet Laureate of the United States, 2001-2003 and author of Ballistics
'Serious but playful; stylish and true; honest yet magical—this is a comprehensive and beautifully written book about the thorny, joyous art of making poems. It is the best contemporary guide to poetry I have read.' - David Morley, National Teaching Fellow, University of Warwick and author of Enchantment
'Stephen Dobyns unpacks the essential kit of the trade, all the taken-for-granted tools which poets think with and work with to find out what their poems want to say: line breaks, how syllables behave, the hide-and-seek of metaphor, how a poem hangs on the page like a bird in flight. He enters into dialogue with a galaxy of poets, to help us listen better to poems, to read better, and also maybe write better this most central of arts.' - Ruth Padel, author of Darwin: A Life in Poems and The Poem and the Journey
'Next Word, Better Word is a gift from a great teacher returning us to the enduring mysteries of the art.' - Ellen Bryant Voigt, former Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets and author of Messenger: New and Selected Poems 1976-2006
"Stephen Dobyns, a great American poet, gives a lucid explanation of his craft. This book is valuable for poets, film-makers, novelists, playwrights, and anyone interested in the clear expression of original thought." - Fred Wiseman, film-maker
'Stephen Dobyns' new book on poetic craft defines, with an impressive breadth of reference, what is required for poets to give their subjects significant form, a nuanced aesthetic embodiment that is true to the poet's deepest concerns and open to a process of discovery, resistant to any idea that might limit a full exploration of the chosen materials. This book should be of genuine interest not only to apprentice poets but to anyone who wants to understand the choices involved in making a poem substantial and persuasive.'— Carl Dennis, winner of the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry and author of Poetry as Persuasion
'Robert Frost said that a poem 'must begin in delight and end in wisdom.' Here is the rare book about the process of poetry that does both, and brilliantly. Luminous erudition coupled with a palpable love for subject, Next Word, Better Word is sure to be an education and an inspiration for student poets, seasoned poets, and—dare I say—there's plenty here for prose writers, too. Dobyns not only takes us deeply into the matter of the poet's craft, but into the poet himself: how the knowledge necessary to write a good poem intersects with the enlightenment born of experience." - Binnie Kirshenbaum, Writing Chair, School of the Arts Writing Program, Columbia University and author of The Scenic Route
'Stephen Dobyns states in his introduction that 'writing a poem is one of the ways to love the world,' and the rest of the book demonstrates, in exquisite, careful detail, exactly how. Full of invaluable insights and basic information for aspiring poets, Dobyns' collection also has much to say to his peers—and he peoples his essays with some of the art's most engaging practitioners, from the well-known, such as Baudelaire and Rilke, to those who will be new to many, such as the Russian Acmeists, and most valuably, he gives us their poetry as well their thoughts and lives. It's a book to study, to return to, to annotate with marginalia, but it's also a book to curl up with and simply enjoy.' - Cole Swensen, Professor, Iowa Writers' Workshop and author of Goest
Praise for Best Words, Best Order:
'Few writers are as versatile or prolific as Stephen Dobyns . . . He provides us with informed, resonant readings of contemporary poems.' -The New York Times Book Review
'Painstaking, admirable, and enjoyable.' -The Times Literary Supplement
'These essays are wonderfully efficient little machines, reproducing in the reader Dobyns's deep understanding of and affection for the work of such peers as Rilke, Mandelstan, and Chekhov.' -Library Journal
Notă biografică
STEPHEN DOBYNS Author of over 30 novels and poetry collections, including The Church of the Dead Girls, Cold Dog Soup, and Cemetery Nights. Among his many honors and awards are a Melville Cane Award, Pushcart Prizes, National Poetry Series prize, and three National Endowment for the Arts fellowships. His novels have been translated into 20 languages, and his poetry has appeared in the Best American Poems anthology. Dobyns teaches creative writing at Warren Wilson College and has taught at the University of Iowa, Sarah Lawrence College, USA.
Caracteristici
PERFECT AUTHOR: Dobyns is a best-selling, well-regarded author, with National Arts Foundation and Guggenheim Foundation fellowships under his belt. He lectures widely on poetry and is considered a true authority
GREAT PUBLICITY FOR BEST WORDS, BEST ORDER: Dobyns received glowing reviews for his previous book in The New York Review of Books, Times Literary Supplement, Library Journal and was featured on NPR and in the Association of Writers and Poets Chronicle
ORIGINAL: A modern spin on the creation of poetry, complete with innovative discussions of line breaks, context, and closure
GREAT PUBLICITY FOR BEST WORDS, BEST ORDER: Dobyns received glowing reviews for his previous book in The New York Review of Books, Times Literary Supplement, Library Journal and was featured on NPR and in the Association of Writers and Poets Chronicle
ORIGINAL: A modern spin on the creation of poetry, complete with innovative discussions of line breaks, context, and closure