The Art of Poetry
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The Art of Poetry

  1. 372 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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The Art of Poetry

About this book

All of the major meditations on the theory and practice of poetry by one of the greatest poets of our time--and perhaps the one who has most scrupulously analyzed his art--are included in The Art of Poetry.

Originally published in 1985.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Introduction, by Τ. S. Eliot
  4. Preamble
  5. Concerning Adonis
  6. Funeral Oration for a Fable
  7. A Foreword
  8. Poetry and Abstract Thought
  9. Problems of Poetry
  10. Memoirs of a Poem
  11. The Prince and La Jeune Parque
  12. Concerning Le Cimetière Marin
  13. Commentaries on Charmes
  14. On Speaking Verse
  15. Letter to Madame C.
  16. The Poet's Rights over Language
  17. A Poet's Notebook
  18. Pure Poetry
  19. Contemporary Poetry
  20. Remarks on Poetry
  21. The Necessity of Poetry
  22. Notes on Tragedy and a Tragedy
  23. The Poetry of La Fontaine
  24. Victor Hugo, Creator Through Form
  25. Victor Hugo's Finest Stanza
  26. Fountains of Memory
  27. A Solemn Address
  28. An After-Dinner Speech
  29. Spiritual Canticles
  30. Variations on the Eclogues
  31. Appendix: On Literary Technique
  32. Notes