Don't Read Poetry: A Book about How to Read Poems

by Stephanie Burt

Book Overview

"At once erudite and colloquial" (New Yorker), this book provides an accessible introduction to the joys and challenges of poetry

In Don't Read Poetry, poet and literary critic Stephanie Burt offers an accessible introduction to the seemingly daunting task of reading, understanding, and appreciating poetry. Burt dispels preconceptions about poetry and explains how poems speak to one another--and how they can speak to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1541603613
• ISBN13: 9781541603615
• Release Date: May 2023
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.1" x 7.7"