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Their book, and its companion volume, Understanding Fiction (1943), revolutionized the teaching of literature in the universities and spawned a host of imitators who dominated English departments well into the 1960s." [2] Even those who are highly critical of the textbook's approach to poetry have acknowledged the reach and influence of the volume.
Citizen: An American Lyric is a 2014 book-length poem [1] and a series of lyric essays by American poet Claudia Rankine. Citizen stretches the conventions of traditional lyric poetry by interweaving several forms of text and media into a collective portrait of racial relations in the United States. [2]
Wilderness: The Lost Writings of Jim Morrison is a book of poems by Jim Morrison, first published in 1988. [1] Jim Morrison, lead singer and lyricist for the Doors, wrote poetry during his life, and especially while in the band. His poetry was inspired by Arthur Rimbaud, William Blake, and many others. [2]
The Well Wrought Urn: Studies in the Structure of Poetry is a 1947 collection of essays by Cleanth Brooks. It is considered a seminal text [1] in the New Critical school of literary criticism. The title contains an allusion to the fourth stanza of John Donne's poem, "The Canonization", which is the primary subject of the first chapter of the book.
Turtle Island is a book of poems and essays written by Gary Snyder and published by New Directions in 1974. The writings express Snyder's vision for humans to live in harmony with the earth and all its creatures. The book was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1975. [1] "
The Prophet is a book of 26 prose poetry fables written in English by the Lebanese-American poet and writer Kahlil Gibran. [1] It was originally published in 1923 by Alfred A. Knopf . It is Gibran's best known work.
Olio is a book of poetry written by Tyehimba Jess that was released in 2016. [1] The book is split into 16 sections, 14 of which are poems with the introduction section and extras and acknowledgments acting as the beginning and ending sections, and illustrated by Jessica Lynne Brown. Olio won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. [2]
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Babel is a book by Patti Smith, published in 1978, and contains Smith's poems along with her prose, ...