Writing Poetry: Creative and Critical Approaches (Approaches to Writing)

by Chad Davidson (Author), Gregory Fraser (Contributor), Chad Davidson (Author)

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2008
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Writing Poetry combines an accessible introduction to the essential elements of the craft, with a critical awareness of its underpinnings. The authors argue that separating the making of poems from critical thinking about them is a false divide and encourage students to become accomplished critics and active readers of poetic texts.

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Writing Poetry combines an accessible introduction to the essential elements of the craft, with a critical awareness of its underpinnings. The authors argue that separating the making of poems from critical thinking about them is a false divide and encourage students to become accomplished critics and active readers of poetic texts.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 256
Edition: 2008
Publisher: Red Globe Press
Published: 27 Nov 2008
ISBN 10: 0230008127
ISBN 13: 9780230008120

Author Bio

CHAD DAVIDSON is Associate Professor in Creative Writing and Literature at University of West Georgia, USA. His poetry collections include Consolation Miracle (2003) and The Last Predicta (2008), both from Southern Illinois UP. He is Associate Editor for New Writing: The International Journal for the Practice and Theory of Creative Writing. His poems have appeared in The Paris Review, Ploughshares and the Virginia Quarterly Review.

GREGORY FRASER is Associate Professor in Creative Writing and Literature at University of West Georgia, USA. He is the recipient of a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts and his poetry has appeared in journals including The Southern Review, The Paris Review and The Chicago Review. His collections of poetry are Strange Pieta (Texas Tech, UP 2003) and Answering the Ruins (Northwestern UP, 2009).