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The Flexible Lyric by Ellen Bryant Voigt (1999, Paperback) 
The Flexible Lyric by Ellen Bryant Voigt (1999, Paperback)

 
The Flexible Lyric by Ellen Bryant Voigt (1999, Paperback)

Author: Ellen Bryant Voigt
Publisher: Univ of Georgia Pr
Publication Date: 1999-10-01
Series: The Life of Poetry
Language: English
Format: Paperback
ISBN-10: 0820321311
ISBN-13: 9780820321318
Product ID: EPID887796
Description: Here, Voigt shares thoughts on her creative process and the art of revision. Instructively, many of her poem drafts appear in full text, demonstrating Voigt's editorial acumen.
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Synopsis
Here, Voigt shares thoughts on her creative process and the art of revision. Instructively, many of her poem drafts appear in full text, demonstrating Voigt's editorial acumen.

Details
Publication Date:1999-10-01
Series:The Life of Poetry

Size
Length:226 pages
Height:8.5 in
Width:5.8 in
Thickness:0.8 in
Weight:11.2 oz

Publisher's Note
These nine eloquent and skillfully crafted essays by a distinguished poet examine the art of lyric poetry in all aspects of its design and structure. Through attentive readings of a variety of artists, including her contemporaries, Ellen Bryant Voigt celebrates the structure and elasticity of lyric poems. She argues for reading as a writer reads -- with equal parts passion and analysis. Her analyses of the effects of tone, image, voice, and structure connect brilliant theory with tangible examples. Intimate as well as informative, the collection begins with a discussion of the creative process and Voigt's fascination with the writing of Flannery O'Connor and Elizabeth Bishop. Readings of lyric poems by Shakespeare, Sidney, Poe, Stevens, Williams, Larkin, Bogan, Roethke, Plath, Levertov, Berryman, and others demonstrate the roles of gender, point of view, image, and music in poetry. An experienced teacher, Voigt focuses on the lyric but encourages, in any study of poetry, original thinking, attention to structure, and, above all, close reading of the work itself. An intelligent and thought-provoking marriage of art and scholarship, The Flexible Lyric exemplifies, with fierceness, dedication, and precision, how the making of poems is not just a trade but a calling.

Industry Reviews
"If this collection established the standard for the new series ['The Life of Poetry: Poets on Their Art and Craft"], it should prove to be as useful to poets as the University of Michigan's long established one... THE FLEXIBLE LYRIC gives poets at any stage in their writing lives much to savor; here pleasure and knowledge reside in equal measure."
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