Writing Poetry: Creative and Critical Approaches / Edition 1

by Chad Davidson, Graeme Harper, Gregory Fraser

Overview

Writing Poetry combines an accessible introduction to the essential elements of the craft, with a critical awareness of its historical, ideological and aesthetic underpinnings. The authors argue that separating the making of poems from critical thinking about them is a false divide and encourage students to delve deeper into their work by becoming accomplished critics and active readers of poetic texts. The book presents a range of strategies and practical exercises to help initiate and sustain the process of making poems, while also demonstrating the value of activities such as memorizing poems, reading and writing about poetic traditions, developing manifestos and statements of aesthetics, and composing self-reviews which place poems within critical context. The first book designed specifically to meet the needs of students studying poetry writing in the context of criticism and literary study, this is an invaluable guide to all aspiring poets.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780230008120
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	12/15/2008
Series:	Approaches to Writing , #3
Edition description:	2008
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

CHAD DAVIDSON is Associate Professor in Creative Writing and Literature at University of West Georgia, USA. His poetry collections include Consolation Miracle (2003) and The Last Predicta (2008), both from Southern Illinois UP. He is Associate Editor for New Writing: The International Journal for the Practice and Theory of Creative Writing. His poems have appeared in The Paris Review, Ploughshares and the Virginia Quarterly Review.

GREGORY FRASER is Associate Professor in Creative Writing and Literature at University of West Georgia, USA. He is the recipient of a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts and his poetry has appeared in journals including The Southern Review, The Paris Review and The Chicago Review. His collections of poetry are Strange Pietà (Texas Tech, UP 2003) and Answering the Ruins (Northwestern UP, 2009).
CHAD DAVIDSON is Associate Professor in Creative Writing and Literature at University of West Georgia, USA. His poetry collections include Consolation Miracle (2003) and The Last Predicta (2008), both from Southern Illinois UP. He is Associate Editor for New Writing: The International Journal for the Practice and Theory of Creative Writing. His poems have appeared in The Paris Review, Ploughshares and the Virginia Quarterly Review.

GREGORY FRASER is Associate Professor in Creative Writing and Literature at University of West Georgia, USA. He is the recipient of a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts and his poetry has appeared in journals including The Southern Review, The Paris Review and The Chicago Review. His collections of poetry are Strange Pietà (Texas Tech, UP 2003) and Answering the Ruins (Northwestern UP, 2009).

Table of Contents

Introduction to Writing Poetry: Creative and Critical Approaches
PART I: FOUNDATIONS
Establishing Practice
Form and Structure
Voice
Style
Subject
The Cultures of Poetry Writing
Foundational Exercises
PART II: SPECULATIONS
Exploring Possibilities
Forms and Structures
Voices
Styles
Subjects
The Cultures of Poetry Writing
Key Points: Speculations in Poetry Writing
Speculative Exercises
Creative Critical Further Reading
Bibliography
Index.