Why Write Poetry?
Modern Poets Defending Their Art
(2007; ISBN-10: 0838641059)
A wonderful book by Jeannine Johnson, PhD, that explores the verse defense of poetry in the works of H.D., Wallace Stevens, W.H. Auden, Adrienne Rich, and Geoffrey Hill.
"Modern poetry as a field is shaped by the need to define and defend its nature and aim, and this work goes on not only in prose manifestoes and position-pieces but in poems themselves. Readers may have suspected this basic truth for a long time, but no one has demonstrated it so clearly as Jeannine Johnson does in her ramifying new study of five important poets. The result is itself a powerful defense of poetry - of its ethical import, its intellectual power, and its endless, various pleasures."
~Dr. Langdon Hammer, Professor of English, Yale University
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| Books by Patrick Hahn
How To Ride A Motorcycle: A Rider's Guide to Strategy, Safety and Skill Development (2005; ISBN-10: 0760321140).
Ride Hard, Ride Smart: Ultimate Street Strategies for Advanced Motorcyclists (2004; ISBN-10: 0760317607)
Read more about Pat Hahn's books at:
www.visi.com/~dirk/dball/pages/ride%20hard,%20ride%20smart.htm
and
www.visi.com/~dirk/dball/pages/how%20to%20ride.htm
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