From Philip Larkin to Pablo Neruda to William Butler Yeats, 'Next Word, Better Word' provides a helpful framework for creating poetry by revealing useful lessons in the work of renowned poets. Enlightening and encouraging, it demystifies a subtle art form and shows writers how to overcome obstacles in the creative process. STEPHEN DOBYNS Author of over 30 novels and poetry collections, including 'The Church of the Dead Girls, Cold Dog Soup,' and 'Cemetery Nights'. Among his many honors and awards are a Melville Cane Award, Pushcart Prizes, National Poetry Series prize, and three National Endowment for the Arts fellowships. His novels have been translated into 20 languages, and his poetry has appeared in the Best American Poems anthology. Dobyns teaches creative writing at WarrenWilson College and has taught at the University of Iowa, Sarah Lawrence College, USA. INDICE: Introduction - 1. Approaching Subject Matter - 2. Joining Form andContent - 3. Reconciling Paradox - 4. Aspects of the Syllable - 5. Line Breaks - 6. Context and Causality - 7. A Sense of Space - 8. Closure - 9. Revision - 10. Moral Inquiry - 11. Bearing Witness - 12. Counterpoint - 13. The Nature of Metaphor -
- ISBN: 978-0-230-62182-4
- Editorial: Palgrave MacM
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 288
- Fecha Publicación: 10/05/2011
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés