AnyBook4Less.com - ISBN: 1555973175 - De/Compositions by W. D. Snodgrass

AnyBook4Less.com

Find the Best Price on the Web
Order from a Major Online Bookstore

Home | Store List | FAQ | Contact Us |

Ultimate Book Price Comparison Engine
Save Your Time And Money

De/Compositions

Please fill out form in order to compare prices

Title: De/Compositions
by W. D. Snodgrass
ISBN: 1-55597-317-5
Publisher: Graywolf Press
Pub. Date: 01 June, 2001
Format: Paperback
Volumes: 1
List Price(USD): $16.00

Your Country
Currency
Delivery
Include Used Books
Are you a club member of: Barnes and Noble Books A Million Chapters.Indigo.ca

Average Customer Rating: 5 (1 review)

Customer Reviews

Rating: 5
Summary: Enlightenment by way of evisceration
Comment: What a wonderful resource for students of poetry--whether discovering Dickinson for the first time, completing an MFA, or holding a Ph.D in literature and a full professorship. Snodgrass takes some of the most powerful poems in the English language, and eviscerates them. We are often left with hilariously or shamefully dull, clunky verse, that shows by negative example just what made the original so great.

This is not only a text for use in poetry classes, although the 101 "de/composed" poems are taken from Snodgrass's own work as a teacher. There's plenty of knowledge available to the casual reader in comparing the two versions of each poem and reading the accompanying discussion. That itself is a pleasure to read, direct, lucid, insightful, and often humorous. A definite five stars!

Similar Books:

	Title: To Sound Like Yourself : Essays on Poetry by W.D. Snodgrass ISBN: 1929918186 Publisher: Boa Editions, Ltd. Pub. Date: 01 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $18.00
	Title: In the Palm of Your Hand:The Poet's Portable Workshop by Steve Kowit ISBN: 0884481492 Publisher: Tilbury House Publishers Pub. Date: June, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95
	Title: Proofs and Theories by Louise Gluck ISBN: 0880014423 Publisher: Ecco Pub. Date: 26 August, 1999 List Price(USD): $13.95
	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
	Title: All the Fun's in How You Say a Thing: An Explanation of Meter and Versification by Timothy Steele ISBN: 0821412604 Publisher: Ohio Univ Pr (Trd) Pub. Date: May, 1999 List Price(USD): $15.16

Thank you for visiting www.AnyBook4Less.com and enjoy your savings!