52 Ways Of Looking At A Poem: or How Reading Modern Poetry Can Change Your Life

Description: 52 Ways Of Looking At A Poem by Ruth Padel Modern poetry is often represented as difficult or remote from most peoples experience. This is a passionate attempt to introduce and examine all aspects of contemporary poetry and make it a familiar part of our lives. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The best modern poetry anthology-with-a-difference.Padels clear and informed approach makes modern poetry completely accessible The TimesEver wondered about how to really interpret poetry? Puzzled about metre, rhyming and stanzas? Presented in language thoroughly accessible for all, poet and writer Ruth Padel demystifies poetic style, structure and meaning in this comprehensive anthology of modern poemsBased on the authors popular column in The Independent on Sunday, each poem is accompanied by an informative and entertaining explanatory excerpt by Padel. Featuring an assortment of contemporary poets from Carol Ann Duffy to Seamus Heaney, the collection thematically encompasses universal subjects of love, sex, family, death, as well as more obscure matters - for instance, loneliness when listening to the shipping forecast. A poem for each week of the year, Padels exploration of the literary form expertly combines technical analysis with imaginative, creative interpretation - sure to make any reader fall in love with the modern verse.She argues away the idea that contemporary poetry is "difficult"- all it needs is a little work and the rewards are great Sunday Times Notes Padel takes fifty-two of the poems discussed in her Independent on Sunday column and suggests several ways for readers to enjoy them - for both new and seasoned verse enthusiasts. Author Biography Ruth Padel is a prize-winning poet, Fellow of both the Royal Society of Literature and the Zoological Society of London, and first Resident Writer at Somerset House, London. Her collections include Rembrandt Would Have Loved You, Voodoo Shop and The Soho Leopard, all shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize, and more recently Darwin- A Life in Poems, shortlisted for the Costa Poetry Award.Highly acclaimed for her nature writing in a book about conservation, Tigers in Red Weather, and her novel, Where the Serpent Lives, she has also published books on contemporary poetry, including 52 Ways of Looking at a Poem and The Poem and the Journey.In 2014, Ruth Padel is the first Writer in Residence at Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, and is recording her experiences in her blog at http-// Review "Ruth Padel combines two major gifts: she is both a distinguished poet and a quite exceptional reader of the poetry of others... The result is a book which opens doors, which bids us share with its author and the poems she has chosen a wealth of insight" -- George Steiner "She argues away the idea that contemporary poetry is "difficult": all it needs is a little work and the rewards are great" Sunday Times "A brilliant snapshot of contemporary poetry. Padel writes with incisive intelligence, particularly in her lively and provocative introduction on gender-related power in the poetry world and why poetry has "lost its audience" -- Christina Patterson, Director of the Poetry Society Independent "She chooses her poems with impeccable taste, an anthologist of the very best contemporary poetry" The Times "A great gift for any student or poetry virgin who wonders what all the excitement is about" Glasgow Herald Promotional The best modern poetry anthology-with-a-differencePadels clear and informed approach makes modern poetry completely accessible The Times Review Text Ruth Padel combines two major gifts: she is both a distinguished poet and a quite exceptional reader of the poetry of others... The result is a book which opens doors, which bids us share with its author and the poems she has chosen a wealth of insight Review Quote Ruth Padel combines two major gifts: she is both a distinguished poet and a quite exceptional reader of the poetry of others... The result is a book which opens doors, which bids us share with its author and the poems she has chosen a wealth of insight Promotional "Headline" The best modern poetry anthology-with-a-difference.Padels clear and informed approach makes modern poetry completely accessible The Times Details ISBN0099429152 Author Ruth Padel Year 2004 ISBN-10 0099429152 ISBN-13 9780099429159 Format Paperback Publication Date 2004-02-05 Imprint Vintage Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 808.1 Media Book Language English Pages 288 Subtitle or How Reading Modern Poetry Can Change Your Life Publisher Vintage Publishing Short Title 52 Ways of Looking at a Poem UK Release Date 2004-02-05 AU Release Date 2004-02-05 NZ Release Date 2004-02-05 Birth 19710116 Affiliation University of Memphis Position Author Qualifications PhD Alternative 9781448105151 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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