James Longenbach

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James Longenbach is a poet, literary critic, and the Joseph Gilmore Professor of English at the University of Rochester. He is the author of five books of poems, most recently, Earthling, and seven critical works, most recently, The Virtues of Poetry and How Poems Get Made.

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Verk av James Longenbach

Populära Nyliga

The Art of the Poetic Line (2008) 192 exemplar

The Virtues of Poetry (2013) 53 exemplar

The Resistance to Poetry (2004) 43 exemplar

Stone Cottage: Pound, Yeats, and Modernism (1988) 42 exemplar

Modern Poetry after Modernism (1997) 29 exemplar

How Poems Get Made (2018) 15 exemplar

Wallace Stevens: The Plain Sense of Things (1991) 13 exemplar

The Iron Key: Poems (2010) 13 exemplar

Draft of a Letter (Phoenix Poets) (2007) 12 exemplar

Earthling: Poems (2017) 10 exemplar

Fleet River (Phoenix Poets) (2003) 6 exemplar

Modernist Poetics of History: Pound, Eliot, and the Sense of the Past (Princeton Legacy Library) (1987) 5 exemplar

Threshold (Phoenix Poets Series) (1998) 4 exemplar

The Lyric Now (2020) 2 exemplar

The Art of the Poetic Line 1 exemplar

Forever: Poems (2021) 1 exemplar

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Associerade verk

The Best American Poetry 1995 (1995) — Bidragsgivare — 162 exemplar

The Best American Poetry 2011 (2011) — Bidragsgivare — 86 exemplar

The Best American Poetry 2021 (2021) — Bidragsgivare — 46 exemplar

Poetry Magazine Vol. 207 No. 5, February 2016 (2016) — Bidragsgivare — 11 exemplar

Poetry Magazine Vol. 205 No. 2, November 2014 (2014) — Bidragsgivare — 4 exemplar

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The Art of the Poetic Line av James Longenbach

A fascinating and in-depth look at the various reasons (and effects) of line breaks (sorry – make that “line endings”) in poetry.

While you may not agree with all of his conclusions, it's hard to fault either his passion or thoroughness. (On a personal note, I'm always impressed when I find myself arguing against the author as I read, and then find that he addresses the very points I'm making on the next page.) Think of it as a lineation seminar that you can carry with you and revisit at will. (It's even pocket-sized!)

Possibly a little advanced for poetry novices, but well worth the effort. A good read, good arguments, and extremely good value. Recommended.… (mer)