The Wadsworth Anthology of Poetry (with Poetry 21 CD-ROM)
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| Rating | : | 4.39 (775 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1413004733 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 1760 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-01-23 |
| Language | : | English |
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He has edited numerous books, including THE OXFORD ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AMERICAN LITERATURE (Oxford, 2004) and THE WADSWORTH ANTHOLOGY OF POETRY (Wadsworth, 2006). Among his books are THE LAST STATION (Holt, 1990), BENJAMIN'S CROSSING (Holt, 1997), THE ART OF SUBTRACTION: NEW AND SELECTED POEMS (Braziller, 2005), and WHY POETRY MATTERS (Yale, 2008). . He is Axinn Profe
"Once Upon a Midnight Dreary" (Poe): An Anthology of Narrative Poetry. Part III: CONTEXTS. Chronological Table of Contents. Eliot): An Anthology of Monologue and Dramatic Poetry. Part I: THE SHAPE OF THE POEM. "Be Not Afraid of My Body" (Whitman): An Anthology of Poems on Love and Longing. 3. 10. 22. "Batter my heart, three-personed God" (Donne): An Anthology of Poems about First and Last Things. "Love's austere and lonely offices" (Haydon) An Anthology Of Poems About Family. "The mass and majesty of this world" (Auden): An Anthology of Stanzas. "The poet's eye in a fine frenzy rolli
With the guidance of an editorial board of pre-eminent literary scholars and world-renown poets, Parini has offers a meaningful structure to an ambitious collection, spanning from Beowulf to Jorie Graham. More a teaching and learning text than a definitive body of work, Parini's arrangement of poetry by form, content, and context offers a new way of looking at the teaching of poetry.. Unlike most other poetry anthologies, arranged only chronologically or limited to the exploration of one type of poem, Jay Parini's WADSWORTH ANTHOLOGY OF POETRY collects 24 smaller, more accessible anthologies in one volume
A remarkable new anthology I used this book for a class, and found it extremely entertaining and informative. Most anthologies are arranged in mere chronological order, by date of birth of the poet -- as in the Norton Anthology. Parini has arranged these poems by their tradition, by their form, by subject matter, often including poems not in any other anthologies. The introductory matter is concise and immensely helpful for students. The footnotes are kept to a minumum, except in case such as Chaucer, where a great d. Much stronger than any other anthology. Jonathan Mercury The folks at Wadsworth have crafted an impressive anthology. Parini's selections are broadly representative of the history of poetry -- without being reductive or limiting.The anthology's structure is perhaps its strongest point. The poems are organized thematically. All love poems in one chapter. All poems about loss and longing in another chapter. And every chapter is also chronological. Curious about the development of the sonnet from 1600 to 2005? That information is easy to find.Wadswo. The Goods Mr. Parini offers a robust and comprehensive overview. The way the book is organized, by type of poem, allows the reader to enter into the history of poetry undaunted by large expanses of time. Parini's rendering encourages the reader to see the poems in conversation with one another. Poems from throughout the ages concerning war, love, animals, and even poetry itself sit side by side and throw new light on one another. This a refreshing and welcome break from the old chronological method o