{"product_id":"poetry-of-everyday-life","title":"Poetry of Everyday Life","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003ePoetry of Everyday Life\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eJohn Hollander\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780472066841\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eUniversity of Michigan Press\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e1998\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003ePoet, scholar, teacher, editor, and critic John Hollander has been a colossal presence in the American literary community for several decades. He is known for his mastery of prosody as well as for the wit, nuance, and charm of his poetry. Filled with literary, philosophical, and religious allusions, his work has been compared to the neoclassical writers of the seventeenth century. A difficult and rewarding poet, Hollander challenges his readers to bring everything they possess to the reading of each poem, as he does to the writing of them.\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Poetry of Everyday Life\u003c\/i\u003e, Hollander grapples with issues of poetry and the imagination. In a series of aphorisms, The book's title essay distinguishes between poetry's relations to the rest of life and other kinds of literature that merely deal literally with it. The essay introduces a range of other prose writing, from poetic fictions in prose (which Hollander calls \"enigmatic narratives\") to literary essays and memoirs of poets such as W. H. Auden, James Merrill, and Anthony Hecht. There are observations on the eternal problem of verse translation, as well as an interview with Langdon Hammer. Unburdened by theoretical agendas, both the short fables and the critical essays in this volume concern various aspects of the ways in which poetry can engage life most strongly when it most deeply regards itself.\u003cbr\u003eJohn Hollander is the author of numerous books of poetry, including \u003ci\u003eTypes of Shape\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHarp Lake\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eIn Time and Place\u003c\/i\u003e, and criticism, including \u003ci\u003eThe Work of Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Gazer's Spirit\u003c\/i\u003e. He is Sterling Professor of English, Yale University.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"University of Michigan Press","offers":[{"title":"Poetry of Everyday Life | John Hollander | Paperback | 9780472066841 | Used: Like New | Poetry 1677702","offer_id":50794809721090,"sku":"1677702","price":21.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/41BxDybFtEL.jpg?v=1792368696","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/poetry-of-everyday-life","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}