Poetry Criticism Books

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Proofs & Theories: Essays on Poetry Proofs & Theories: Essays on Poetry (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.11 — 798 ratings — published 1994
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A Little Book on Form: An Exploration Into the Formal Imagination of Poetry A Little Book on Form: An Exploration Into the Formal Imagination of Poetry (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.04 — 323 ratings — published 2014
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Beautiful and Pointless: A Guide to Modern Poetry Beautiful and Pointless: A Guide to Modern Poetry (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as poetry-criticism)
avg rating 3.50 — 634 ratings — published 2011
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Don't Read Poetry: A Book About How to Read Poems Don't Read Poetry: A Book About How to Read Poems (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.75 — 427 ratings — published 2019
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Ten Windows: How Great Poems Transform the World Ten Windows: How Great Poems Transform the World (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.36 — 399 ratings — published 2015
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Madness, Rack, and Honey: Collected Lectures Madness, Rack, and Honey: Collected Lectures (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.42 — 3,003 ratings — published 2012
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A Primer for Poets & Readers of Poetry A Primer for Poets & Readers of Poetry (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.34 — 187 ratings — published 2018
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Ambition and Survival: Becoming a Poet Ambition and Survival: Becoming a Poet (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.24 — 226 ratings — published 2004
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The Ode Less Travelled: Unlocking the Poet Within The Ode Less Travelled: Unlocking the Poet Within (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.06 — 3,960 ratings — published 2005
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An Exaltation of Forms: Contemporary Poets Celebrate the Diversity of Their Art An Exaltation of Forms: Contemporary Poets Celebrate the Diversity of Their Art (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.10 — 122 ratings — published 2002
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Why Poetry Why Poetry (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.16 — 1,356 ratings — published 2017
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The Poetic Species: A Conversation with Edward O. Wilson and Robert Hass The Poetic Species: A Conversation with Edward O. Wilson and Robert Hass (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.30 — 170 ratings — published 2014
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The Hatred of Poetry The Hatred of Poetry (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.80 — 3,574 ratings — published 2016
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The Road Not Taken: Finding America in the Poem Everyone Loves and Almost Everyone Gets Wrong The Road Not Taken: Finding America in the Poem Everyone Loves and Almost Everyone Gets Wrong (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.76 — 433 ratings — published 2015
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Coin of the Realm: Essays on the Life and Art of Poetry Coin of the Realm: Essays on the Life and Art of Poetry (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.34 — 94 ratings — published 2004
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The Language of Inquiry The Language of Inquiry (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.42 — 269 ratings — published 2000
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The Marginalization of Poetry The Marginalization of Poetry (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.10 — 48 ratings — published 1996
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Radical Artifice: Writing Poetry in the Age of Media Radical Artifice: Writing Poetry in the Age of Media (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.95 — 84 ratings — published 1992
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Can Poetry Matter?: Essays on Poetry and American Culture Can Poetry Matter?: Essays on Poetry and American Culture (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.82 — 220 ratings — published 1992
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Rules For The Dance: A Handbook for Writing and Reading Metrical Verse Rules For The Dance: A Handbook for Writing and Reading Metrical Verse (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.20 — 1,094 ratings — published 1998
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The Witness of Poetry (The Charles Eliot Norton Lectures) The Witness of Poetry (The Charles Eliot Norton Lectures)
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avg rating 4.16 — 176 ratings — published 1983
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What in Me Is Dark: The Revolutionary Afterlife of Paradise Lost What in Me Is Dark: The Revolutionary Afterlife of Paradise Lost (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.97 — 180 ratings — published
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Milton and the Rabbis Milton and the Rabbis (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 5.00 — 2 ratings — published 2001
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Savage Beauty: The Life of Edna St. Vincent Millay Savage Beauty: The Life of Edna St. Vincent Millay (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.91 — 9,579 ratings — published 2001
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The Matter of Revolution: Science, Poetry, and Politics in the Age of Milton The Matter of Revolution: Science, Poetry, and Politics in the Age of Milton (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.33 — 12 ratings — published 1996
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The Art of Voice: Poetic Principles and Practice The Art of Voice: Poetic Principles and Practice (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as poetry-criticism)
avg rating 4.35 — 278 ratings — published 2019
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Inhabit the Poem: Last Essays Inhabit the Poem: Last Essays (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.33 — 6 ratings — published
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The Letters of Seamus Heaney The Letters of Seamus Heaney (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.41 — 46 ratings — published
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Wilfred Owen Wilfred Owen (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.95 — 44 ratings — published 2014
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Glimmerings: Letters on Faith Between a Poet and a Theologian Glimmerings: Letters on Faith Between a Poet and a Theologian (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 5.00 — 2 ratings — published
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Elizabethan and Metaphysical Imagery Elizabethan and Metaphysical Imagery (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.67 — 6 ratings — published 1947
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A God in the House: Poets Talk About Faith A God in the House: Poets Talk About Faith (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as poetry-criticism)
avg rating 4.47 — 157 ratings — published 2012
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How to Read Poetry Like a Professor: A Quippy and Sonorous Guide to Verse How to Read Poetry Like a Professor: A Quippy and Sonorous Guide to Verse (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as poetry-criticism)
avg rating 3.70 — 912 ratings — published 2018
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Magnificent Rebels: The First Romantics and the Invention of the Self Magnificent Rebels: The First Romantics and the Invention of the Self (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as poetry-criticism)
avg rating 4.19 — 2,338 ratings — published 2022
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Fear Less: Poetry in Perilous Times Fear Less: Poetry in Perilous Times (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.28 — 47 ratings — published
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The Wife of Bath: A Biography The Wife of Bath: A Biography (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.96 — 578 ratings — published 2023
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George Seferis: Waiting for the Angel, A Biography George Seferis: Waiting for the Angel, A Biography (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.60 — 63 ratings — published 1991
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Literature Guide to Paradise Lost Literature Guide to Paradise Lost (Paperback)
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avg rating 2.00 — 2 ratings — published
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Returning to John Donne Returning to John Donne (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.00 — 1 rating — published
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Pure Act: The Uncommon Life of Robert Lax Pure Act: The Uncommon Life of Robert Lax (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.40 — 111 ratings — published 2015
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The House of Being The House of Being (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.48 — 163 ratings — published
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Young Romantics: The Tangled Lives of English Poetry's Greatest Generation Young Romantics: The Tangled Lives of English Poetry's Greatest Generation (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.10 — 1,322 ratings — published 2010
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The Cambridge Companion to Paradise Lost (Cambridge Companions to Literature) The Cambridge Companion to Paradise Lost (Cambridge Companions to Literature)
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avg rating 4.05 — 44 ratings — published 2014
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Auden Auden (Hardcover)
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avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published
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The Cambridge Companion to British Romanticism (Cambridge Companions to Literature) The Cambridge Companion to British Romanticism (Cambridge Companions to Literature)
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avg rating 3.55 — 65 ratings — published 1993
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John Dryden and His World John Dryden and His World (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.40 — 10 ratings — published 1987
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The young Shelley;: Genesis of a radical The young Shelley;: Genesis of a radical (Unknown Binding)
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avg rating 3.50 — 4 ratings — published
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Betjeman: A Life Betjeman: A Life (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.61 — 103 ratings — published 2006
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The Guest from the Future: Anna Akhmatova and Isaiah Berlin The Guest from the Future: Anna Akhmatova and Isaiah Berlin (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.76 — 29 ratings — published 1998
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Paul Valéry
“«دگا، نقاش مشهور، بارها خاطره‌ای جالب و معنادار از مالارمه برایم نقل می‌کرد. دگا اتفاقی شعرهایی می‌نویسد و از آن‌جا که با مشکلی مواجه می‌شود، همه را دور می‌ریزد. سپس به‌مالارمه می‌گوید: «هنر تو حرفه‌ای جهنمی‌ست، من ذهنم پر از اندیشه است ولی نمی‌توانم به‌آنچه می‌خواهم، شکل دهم.» و پاسخ مالارمه این است: «دگای عزیز! شعر را با اندیشه‌ها نمی‌نویسند، با کلمه‌ها می‌نویسند.»

-پل والری؛ مقاله‌ی «شعر و اندیشه انتزاعی».”
Paul Valéry