Poetry As Survival |
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| Author:
| Orr, Gregory |
| Series title: | The Life of Poetry: Poets on Their Art and Craft Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8203-2428-9 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2002 |
| Publisher: | University of Georgia Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $27.95 |
Book Description:
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Orr weaves discussions of work by Keats, Dickinson, and Whitman with quotes from three-thousand-year-old Egyptian poems, Inuit songs, and Japanese love poems to show that writing personal lyric has helped poets throughout history to process emotional and experiential turmoil.
Orr weaves discussions of work by Keats, Dickinson, and Whitman with quotes from three-thousand-year-old Egyptian poems, Inuit songs, and Japanese love poems to show that writing personal lyric has helped poets throughout history to process emotional and experiential turmoil.