02518cam a2200457 i 4500 20743110 BJBSDDR 20250721170507.0 ta 181114s2019 nyu 001 0 eng 2018054504 9780465094509 (hardcover) 0465094503 (hardcover) 9780465094516 (ebook) DLC eng DLC rda DLC eng pcc n-us--- PS 303 B973d 2019 811/.009 Burt, Stephanie, 1971- 42926 Don't read poetry : a book about how to read poems / Stephanie Burt. First edition. New York : Basic Books, 2019. 306 pages ; 22 cm. text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes index. Introduction: Reading poems -- Feelings -- Characters -- Technique -- Difficulty -- Wisdom -- Community. "In Don't Read Poetry, award-winning poet and literary critic Stephanie Burt offers an accessible introduction to the seemingly daunting task of reading, understanding, and appreciating poetry. Burt dispels preconceptions about poetry and explains how poems speak to one another--and how they can speak to our lives. She shows readers how to find more poems once they have some poems they like, and how to connect the poetry of the past to the poetry of the present. Burt moves seamlessly from Shakespeare and other classics to the contemporary poetry circulated on Tumblr and Twitter. She challenges the assumptions that many of us make about "poetry," whether we think we like it or think we don't, in order to help us cherish--and distinguish among--individual poems. A masterful guide to a sometimes confounding genre, Don't Read Poetry will instruct and delight ingénues and cognoscenti alike"-- Provided by publisher. American poetry History and criticism. English poetry History and criticism Poetry Explication. Poesía americana Historia y crítica 888 Poesía estadounidense Historia y crítica 31469 Poesía inglesa Historia y crítica 4571 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg lcc BK 123981 123981 0 0 lcc 0 0 HU BJB BJB HU 2025-06-27 0 PS 303 B973d 2019 00000193028 2025-06-27 00:00:00 1 2025-06-27 BK