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How to think like a poet

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How did the greatest poets in history make the world anew? And what can we learn from the magic, wisdom and humour of their poetry? From the genius of the Greeks and Romans through the love and metaphysics of the Middle Ages, through to the Beat Poets of San Francisco, this is the ultimate guide to the greatest writers of the human age.Through short, biographical portraits, poet and teacher Dai George provides an entertaining introduction to how to think like a poet, and how we can weave that thinking into our everyday lives. He addresses questions poets have grappled What is it to describe the world? How can we express love, grief, or friendship? How can we rise above the misery of the world and see the beauty in the everyday?This book paints vivid pictures of a global assortment of renowned poets throughout from Sappho, Juvenal and LiXu, to William Shakespeare and John Donne, to Frank O Hara, Pablo Neruda and Sylvia Plath. George also seeks to re-examine the canon, in which overwhelmingly Western, white and male poets have been held up as pillars of the art, and bring to light major figures from other important cultures and communities, including China, pre-colonial America and Japan.

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Series Title

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Call Number

800 GEO h

Publisher

London : Bloomsbury., 2024

Collation

314 p. ; 20 cm

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

9781399408318

Classification

800

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Media Type

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Carrier Type

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Edition

Ed. 1

Subject(s)

Literature
Thinking

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Statement of Responsibility

Dai George

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Level

High School

Book Segment

Reading for pleasure -- Program Reference

Reading Level

Independent

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