Hirsch, Edward M, 1950-

How to read a poem : and fall in love with poetry / Edward Hirsch. - New York : Harcourt Brace & Co., c1999. - xvi, 352 p. ; 24 cm. - Harvest Reading guide .

"A DoubleTake book." "Published by the Center for Documentary Studies in association with---."

Includes bibliographical references (p. [323]-346) and index.

Message in a bottle --
A made thing --
A hand, a hook, a prayer --
Three initiations --
At the white heat --
Five acts --
Beyond desolation --
Poetry and history : Polish poetry after the end of the world --
Re : form --
A shadowy exultation --
Soul in action --
"To the reader at parting" --
The glossary and the pleasure of the text --
A reading list and the pleasure of the catalog.

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Poetics.
Poética
Poetry--Explication.
Poetry--History and criticism.
Poesía --Historia y crítica

PN 1042 / H669h 1999

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