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Title: The New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics by Alex Preminger, Terry V.F. Brogan, Frank J. Warnke ISBN: 0-691-02123-6 Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr Pub. Date: 19 April, 1993 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $45.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.67 (6 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Less than perfect
Comment: This book is comprehensive and probably essential for the study of poetry. But there are several serious problems. First, there is only a completely useless Table of Contents and no index. Yes, it is an encyclopedia and the entries are in alphabetical order but the subjects are very broad (Symbol, Twentieth-Century Poetics) making it necessary to scan several pages in several different subject areas without knowing if you have missed the poem or poet you are looking for. How will you know to look for comments on The Illiad under the heading of Simile or that the subject heading Intuition contains a discussion of the Neo-Platonists? Scanning pages for a specific piece of information is difficult because the print is tiny. The Preface and Acknowledgments are in big print and then they switch to very small print for the remainder of the book. You will need lots of time and a magnifying glass to take full advantage of this book.
Rating: 5
Summary: It really is
Comment: one of the three books that any student or writer of poetry needs to own, besides a good dictionary. (The other two are Pound's "ABCs of Reading" and Shapiro's "Primer.") Answers questions & points you in the right direction for more. Once you open it, you'll wonder how you got by without it.
Rating: 5
Summary: Comprehensively Impressive
Comment: Want to know what a 'priamel' is? Look it up here, "he New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics." Not only will you see 'priamel' defined, but a short history of the use of the concept, examples of priamelic poetry, and a other resources to learn more.
How about Hungarian poetry, what makes a hymn (as opposed to a carol), a discussion on line usage and techniques? It is all here. Exemplum? Septenarius? Metalepsis? What's an iambe? It isn't an iamb, and from their respective entries, you'll see why.
Every student of poetry, whether in college, teaching or writing, needs this book. All the major terms and styles are covered here, but also every country producing poetry.
This is useful to the poet who wants to learn more about what has been done through the years, and how and why a particular style was used. The book is certainly for the intelligent reader, but won't be bogged down with overblown, hard to understand explanations. This an encyclopedia, not a dissertation.
Professors and students can use this book as a reference point as they research poetry. Ever read a literary critique and not have a clue what term Dr. Iam Smart just referred to? I sure have. This book helps me know what I am reading.
The entries are well-structured, and give plenty to get started, and then point you where you can learn more.
I fully recommed "The New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics" by Alex Preminger.
Anthony Trendl
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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): $29.85 |
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Title: Rhyme`s Reason: A Guide to English Verse, Third Edition by John Hollander ISBN: 0300088329 Publisher: Yale Univ Pr Pub. Date: 01 March, 2001 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: The Book of Forms: A Handbook of Poetics by Lewis Turco ISBN: 1584650222 Publisher: University Press of New England Pub. Date: March, 2000 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: The Making of a Poem: A Norton Anthology of Poetic Forms by Mark Strand, Eavan Boland ISBN: 0393321789 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: April, 2001 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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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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