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Title: The New Book of Forms: A Handbook of Poetics by Lewis Turco ISBN: 0-87451-381-2 Publisher: University Press of New England Pub. Date: 01 August, 1986 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.9 (10 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Best All-Around Handbook on Poetry
Comment: I've been thinking of buying a handbook of poetry for some time and decided that before I laid out any money I would survey the field at the public library. Having spent at least 10 to 12 hours in the past 3 months I conclude that this is the book to own. It's clearly and concisely written, it gives examples to illustrate the various forms and techniques (and references to further examples) and it is comprehensive. The only drawbacks are that it lacks a bibliography section where you can get a complete citation to the books and journals referred to in the text, and it lacks a comprehensive index.
Rating: 5
Summary: This is a must-read for all serious students of poetry.
Comment: I am an intermediate writer who has just begun the study of poetry in its various forms. This book was highly recommended to me by my mentor, who is a grad student in creative writing and a published poet who has won numerous awards for his poems. He said that it would answer all of my questions as to the many forms of poetry; and after receiving my own copy of this amazing book I can attest to the truth of that statement. I have not come across a more thorough book on poetic forms yet. I am thrilled to have my own copy now to learn from and enjoy!
Rating: 5
Summary: Outstanding
Comment: I've never seen the original Book of Forms, so I don't know whether this update is worth buying as a replacement, but I do know that the new version is an excellent tool for people like myself who are trying to make their poetry more technical.
It goes way beyond the typical "rhyme and meter" section in a creative-writing textbook; it gives lots of examples, some of which hold exactly to the forms and some of which deviate; and it gives appropriate cross-references. It also has a general discussion/glossary of poetry, and especially of formal poetry, so that you know what Turco's talking about when he starts referring to hendecasyllabic lines and so forth.
Really, I have no complaints about it at all. Even if you only intend to buy a few books on poetry, this one should definitely make the short list.
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Title: Poetic Meter and Poetic Form by Paul Fussell ISBN: 0075536064 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages Pub. Date: 01 January, 1979 List Price(USD): $31.25 |
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Title: The New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics by Alex Preminger, T.V.F. Brogan, T. V. F. Brogan ISBN: 0691021236 Publisher: Princeton University Press Pub. Date: 19 April, 1993 List Price(USD): $45.00 |
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Title: The Sounds of Poetry: A Brief Guide by Robert Pinsky ISBN: 0374526176 Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux Pub. Date: 01 September, 1999 List Price(USD): $11.00 |
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Title: Rhyme`s Reason: A Guide to English Verse, Third Edition by John Hollander ISBN: 0300088329 Publisher: Yale Nota Bene Pub. Date: 01 March, 2001 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: Poetry 180: A Turning Back to Poetry by Billy Collins ISBN: 0812968875 Publisher: Random House Trade Pub. Date: 25 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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