How to Read Poetry Like a Professor: A Quippy and Sonorous Guide to Verse

by Thomas C. Foster

Book Overview

From the bestselling author of How to Read Literature Like a Professor comes this essential primer to reading poetry like a professor that unlocks the keys to enjoying works from Lord Byron to the Beatles.

No literary form is as admired and feared as poetry. Admired for its lengthy pedigree--a line of poets extending back to a time before recorded history--and a ubiquitous presence in virtually all cultures, poetry is also...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 006211378X
• ISBN13: 9780062113788
• Release Date: March 2018
• Publisher: Harper Perennial
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.2" x 7.9"