Why poetry matters
Jay Parini · 2008
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About the book
Poetry doesn’t matter to most people, observes Jay Parini at the opening of this book. But, undeterred, he commences a deeply felt meditation on poetry, its language and meaning, and its power to open minds and transform lives. By the end of the book, Parini has recovered a truth often obscured by our clamorous culture: without poetry, we live only partially, not fully conscious of the possibilities that life affords. Poetry indeed matters.
Book details
- Year
- 2008
- Language
- English
- Series
- Why X matters
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Editions
- 3
- Pages
- 206
- ISBN
- 9780300124231
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