Poetry & How It Gets That Way

by Dean Baker

In the face of an ever-diminishing interest by experienced readers, and an increasing populist passion for one of the oldest arts, poetry, this book describes why that interest should be revived in schools and individuals: illustrating the loss that accrues by not doing so, and the benefits to society through a passionate involvement in the poetic arts.Poetry has been an essential art in history and is in danger of being trivialized into extinction...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1508737525
• ISBN13: 9781508737520
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 106 Pages
• Weight: 0.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"