The Wadsworth Anthology of Poetry

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Thomson Wadsworth, 2005 - American poetry - 1712 pages
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Unlike most other poetry anthologies, arranged only chronologically or limited to the exploration of one type of poem, Jay Parini's WADSWORTH ANTHOLOGY OF POETRY collects 24 smaller, more accessible anthologies in one volume. With the guidance of an editorial board of pre-eminent literary scholars and world-renown poets, Parini has offers a meaningful structure to an ambitious collection, spanning from Beowulf to Jorie Graham. More a teaching and learning text than a definitive body of work, Parini's arrangement of poetry by form, content, and context offers a new way of looking at the teaching of poetry.

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I never expected to come across such a variety of what feels an eclectic ensemble of poems that cover many a topic not visited much, and the language is rich, always keeping me interested in where the poem is going. Reading this volume is quite like the role of being the apprentice to history and the design of getting to know oneself AND the art!! starpillow.tumblr.com -Mark 

About the author (2005)

Jay Parini was born in Pittston, Pennsylvania in 1948. In 1970 he graduated from Lafayette College and he received a doctorate from the University of St. Andrews in 1975. Before becoming a professor of Engliah and Creative Writing at Vermont's Middlebury College in 1982, Parini taught at Dartmouth College. Parini writes poetry, novels, biographies, and criticism, and he has published numerous reviews and essays in major journals and newspapers. He co-founded the New England Review in 1976. In 1995, he was appointed literary executor for author Gore Vidal. A film version of The Last Station, his 1990 novel, was released in 2009. Parini's novel, One Matchless Time: A Life of William Faulkner, made the New York Times bestseller list in 2015.

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TitleThe Wadsworth Anthology of Poetry
AuthorJay Parini
EditorJay Parini
Compiled byJay Parini
Editionillustrated
PublisherThomson Wadsworth, 2005
ISBN1413004733, 9781413004731
Length1712 pages
  
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