- One stop introduction and anthology, including 122 poems in full; no additional materials/books are needed
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- Features such as exercises, an extended glossary, guides for further reading and an expanded bibliography engage students and embed their learning
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- New edition offers lots more contemporary and global examples making this the most up-to-date poetry textbook on the market
Tom Furniss recently retired from the Department of English Studies at the University of Strathclyde in 2017, after teaching poetry, Romanticism, and literary theory for 30 years. He is the author of two monographs on Romanticism, co-author of several editions of the textbook Ways of Reading (Routledge) and recently published two collections of poetry.
Michael Bath is Emeritus Professor of Renaissance Studies at the University of Strathclyde, where he taught English literature for 40 years, and a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Glasgow. Author of numerous books and articles on literature and the visual arts, he specialises in emblem studies and in 2014 he was elected President of the international Society for Emblem Studies.
Title: Reading Poetry: A Complete Coursebook
Author: Bath, Michael,Furniss, Tom
ISBN: 9780367820046
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Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Publication Date: 2022-04-07
Number of Pages: 644
Weight: 0.9503 kg
'Reading Poetry stands out from other poetry handbooks in its superb combination of practical guidance and theoretical savvy. Students who use this comprehensive guide will be helped to enjoy and discuss poems, introduced to some of the major varieties of poetic criticism, and invited to reflect on what makes poetry important today.'
Derek Attridge, Emeritus Professor of English, University of York
