{"product_id":"why-poetry-paperback","title":"Why Poetry - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMatthew Zapruder\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn impassioned call for a return to reading poetry and an incisive argument for poetry's accessibility to all readers, by critically acclaimed poet Matthew Zapruder\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eWhy Poetry\u003c\/em\u003e, award-winning poet Matthew Zapruder argues that the way we have been taught to read poetry is the very thing that prevents us from enjoying it. He takes on what it is that poetry--and poetry alone--can do. In lively, lilting prose, he shows us how that misunderstanding interferes with our direct experience of poetry and creates the sense of confusion or inadequacy that many of us feel when faced with a poem. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eZapruder explores what poems are and how we can read them so that we can, as Whitman wrote, \"possess the origin of all poems\" without the aid of any teacher or expert. Most important, he asks how reading poetry can help us to lead our lives with greater meaning and purpose. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnchored in poetic analysis and steered through Zapruder's personal experience of coming to the form, \u003cem\u003eWhy Poetry\u003c\/em\u003e is engaging and conversational, even as it makes a passionate argument for the necessity of poetry in an age when information is constantly being mistaken for knowledge. While providing a simple reading method for approaching poems and illuminating concepts like associative movement, metaphor, and negative capability, Zapruder explicitly confronts the obstacles that readers face when they encounter poetry to show us that poetry can be read, and enjoyed, by anyone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eWhy Poetry, \u003c\/em\u003e award-winning poet Matthew Zapruder argues that the way we have been taught to read poetry is the very thing that prevents us from enjoying it. He takes on what it is that poetry--and poetry alone--can do. In lively, lilting prose, he shows us how that misunderstanding interferes with our direct experience of poetry and creates the sense of confusion or inadequacy that many of us feel when faced with it. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnchored in poetic analysis and steered through Zapruder's personal experience of coming to the form, \u003cem\u003eWhy Poetry\u003c\/em\u003e is engaging and conversational, even as it makes a passionate argument for the necessity of poetry in an age when information is constantly being mistaken for knowledge.\u003c\/p\u003e--\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eWhy Poetry, \u003c\/em\u003e award-winning poet Matthew Zapruder argues that the way we have been taught to read poetry is the very thing that prevents us from enjoying it. He takes on what it is that poetry--and poetry alone--can do. In lively, lilting prose, he shows us how that misunderstanding interferes with our direct experience of poetry and creates the sense of confusion or inadequacy that many of us feel when faced with it. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnchored in poetic analysis and steered through Zapruder's personal experience of coming to the form, \u003cem\u003eWhy Poetry\u003c\/em\u003e is engaging and conversational, even as it makes a passionate argument for the necessity of poetry in an age when information is constantly being mistaken for knowledge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 12, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42696600780863,"sku":"9780062343086","price":21.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/021988a7d006d6f32926799adcf13f07.webp?v=1765006986","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/why-poetry-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}