The Poem

by Don Paterson

Book Overview

The Poem attempts to answer several questions: what is a poem? In what way is its use of language distinct? What conditions allow it to arise, and what is its cultural purpose? And how, exactly, do poems work? Part polemic, part technical treatise and part meditation, The Poem is an ambitious contemporary ars poetica. Paterson looks at the writing, transmission and reading of poetry with wit and scholarly flair, drawing...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 057120662X
• ISBN13: 9780571206629
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Length: 752 Pages
• Weight: 2.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.1" x 6.4" x 9.3"