The Poem: Lyric, Sign, Metre (Faber Poetry) - Hardcover

Paterson, Don

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 057120662X ISBN 13: 9780571206629

Publisher: Faber & Faber, 2018

Synopsis

Don Paterson is not only one of our great poets, but also an esteemed authority on the art of poetry. The Poem is a treatise on the art of poetry in three sections - one on lyric, the music of poetic speech; one on sign, and how poetry makes its unique kind of sense; and one on metre, the rhythm of the poetic line.

About this title

Review:

A tremendous achievement. -- William Wooten, TLS

Don Paterson is one of the most talented poets working today; he is also an editor of poetry, a reader, someone intrigued by linguistics and philosophy and neurology, and is therefore the perfect polymath to write a book on how we read poetry ... ornery, profound, engaging, infuriating. -- Stuart Kelly, The Scotsman

An intimidatingly exhaustive virtuoso performance. -- Michael O'Loughlin, Irish Times

By the end of The Poem, I found myself reading lines of poetry over and over, exploring with a new intensity their sense and sound, right down to the most seemingly inconsequential grammar mark or phoneme. That is a sign of a good teacher: someone who can help others improve their own understanding of the world. -- Nick Major, The Herald

Book Description:

Illuminating and authoritative treatise on 'how a poem works', from the multi-award-winning poet, editor and professor of poetry.

About this edition

• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 057120662X
• ISBN 13: 9780571206629
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 752