A Little History of Poetry by Carey, John
A Little History of Poetry by Carey, John

A Little History of Poetry

A vital, engaging, and hugely enjoyable guide to poetry, from ancient times to the present, by one...
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Author: John Carey
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A Little History of Poetry by Carey, John

A Little History of Poetry

$50.10
A Little History of Poetry by Carey, John

A Little History of Poetry

$50.10
Author: John Carey
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Description
A vital, engaging, and hugely enjoyable guide to poetry, from ancient times to the present, by one of our greatest champions of literature--selected as the literature book of the year by the London Times

" A] fizzing, exhilarating book."--Sebastian Faulks, Sunday Times, London

"Delightful.'"--New York Times Book Review

What is poetry? If music is sound organized in a particular way, poetry is a way of organizing language. It is language made special so that it will be remembered and valued. It does not always work--over the centuries countless thousands of poems have been forgotten. But this Little History is about some that have not.

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.

For readers both young and old, this little history shines a light for readers on the richness of the world's poems--and the elusive quality that makes them all the more enticing.

Author: John Carey
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 04/21/2020
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.70w x 1.50d
ISBN: 9780300232226


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 02/17/2020
Kirkus Reviews 03/01/2020

About the Author
John Carey is emeritus professor at Oxford. His books include The Essential Paradise Lost, What Good Are the Arts?, studies of Donne and Dickens, and a biography of William Golding. The Unexpected Professor, his memoir, was a Sunday Times best-seller.
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