A Little Book on Form: An Exploration Into the Formal Imagination of Poetry

by Robert Hass

Book Overview

From the former U.S. Poet Laureate, Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winner, an illuminating dissection of poetic form, traditional and modern, for students, enthusiasts, and newcomers alike

In addition to his magisterial poetry, Robert Hass is beloved for his incisive, meditative criticism. A Little Book on Form takes up the central contradiction between poetry as genre and the poetics of the imagination. A wealth of vocabulary exists...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0062332422
• ISBN13: 9780062332424
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: Ecco Press
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.3" x 9.2"