A little history of poetry
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New Haven : Yale University Press, [2020].
ISBN
0300232225, 9780300232226
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viii, 312 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm.
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Adult Nonfiction - Public Shelving
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Published
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2020].
Format
Book
Language
English
ISBN
0300232225, 9780300232226

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Includes index.
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John Carey tells the stories behind the world’s greatest poems, from the oldest surviving one written nearly four thousand years ago to those being written today. Carey looks at poets whose works shape our views of the world, such as Dante, Chaucer, Shakespeare, Whitman, and Yeats. He also looks at more recent poets, like Derek Walcott, Marianne Moore, and Maya Angelou, who have started to question what makes a poem "great" in the first place. This little history shines a light on the richness and variation of the world’s poems—and the elusive quality that makes them all the more enticing.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Carey, J. (2020). A little history of poetry . Yale University Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Carey, John, 1934-. 2020. A Little History of Poetry. Yale University Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Carey, John, 1934-. A Little History of Poetry Yale University Press, 2020.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Carey, John. A Little History of Poetry Yale University Press, 2020.

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