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Book SynopsisThis textbook teaches the writing of poetry by examining all the major verse forms and repeating stanza forms in English. It provides students with the tools to compose successful lines of poetry and focuses on meter (including free verse), rhythm, rhyme, and the many other tools a poet needs to create both music and meaningfulness in an artful poem. Presenting copious examples from strong poets of the past and present along with many recent student examples, all of which are scanned, each chapter offers lessons in poetic history and the practice of writing verse, along with giving students a structured opportunity to experiment writing in all the forms discussed. In Part 1, Rothman and Spear begin at the beginning, with Anglo-Saxon Strong Stress Alliterative Meter and examine every major meter in English, up to and including the free verse forms of modern and contemporary poetry. Part 2 presents a close examination of stanza forms that moves from the simple to the complex, beginning with couplets and ending with the 14-line Eugene Onegin stanza. The goal of the book is to give students the essential skills to understand how any line of poetry in English may have been composed, the better to enjoy them and then also write their own: the keys to the treasure chest. Rothman and Spear present a rigorous curriculum that teaches the craft of poetry through a systematic examination and practice of the major English meters and verse forms. Under their guidance, students hone their craft while studying the rich traditions and innovations of poets writing in English. Suitable for high school students and beyond. I studied with Rothman in graduate school and went through this course with additional scholarly material. This book will help students develop a keen ear for the music of the English language.—Teow Lim Goh, author of Islanders Trade Review“A poet/educator and fellow teacher attempt the impossible: a rigorous textbook that provides creative writing students ‘the building blocks of verse in a progressive, well-organized, and clear way,’ with instruction ‘in every major meter and repeating stanza form in English’—without killing the works themselves in the dissection. Casual readers are advised not to try to ingest the result whole, but rather to consult as needed while exploring poetry.” (Harvard Magazine, harvardmagazine.com, Issue 1, 2023)Table of ContentsPreface.- Introduction.- Part One: Metrical Forms.- 1. Anglo-Saxon Alliterative Strong-Stress Meter.- 2. Ballad Meter.- 3. Stress-Based Imitations of Classical Forms: The Sapphic and the Catullan Hendecasyllable.- Interchapter: An Explanation of Scansion.- 4. Iambic Tetrameter.- 5. Iambic Pentameter and Blank Verse.- 6. Triple Meters: Dactyls and Anapests.- 7. Free Verse: A) Whitmanian Versicles, B) Loose Iambics, C) Syllabics, D) Unrhymed Stressing, E) Free Rhyming, F) Prose Rhythms and the Variable Foot.- 8. Nonce Meters.- Part Two: Stanza Forms.-9. Couplets.- 10. Terza Rima.- 11. Quatrains.- 12. Cinquains and Sextains.- 13. Rhyme Royal.- 14. Ottava Rima.- 15. Spenserian Stanzas.- 16. The Sonnet and Eugene Onegin Stanzas.- 17. Nonce Stanza.

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Book SynopsisShakespeare’s Storytelling: An Introduction to Genre, Character, and Technique is a textbook focused on specific storytelling techniques and genres that Shakespeare invented or refined. Drawing on examples from popular novels, plays, and films (such as IT, Beloved, Sex and the City, The Godfather, and Fences) the book provides an overview of how Shakespearean storytelling techniques including character flaws, conflicts, symbols, and more have been adapted by later writers and used in the modern canon. Rather than taking a historicist or theoretical approach, Nate Eastman uses recognizable references and engaging language to teach the concepts and techniques most applicable to the future study of Creative Writing, English, Theater, and Film and Media. Students will be prepared to interpret Shakespeare’s plays and understand Shakespeare as the beginning of a literary tradition. A readable introduction to Shakespeare and his significance, this book is suitable for undergraduates.Table of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction.- Chapter 2 Shakespeare the Storyteller.- Chapter 3 Characters and their Stories.- Chapter 4 Relationships Between Characters.- Chapter 5 Structure.- Chapter 6 Shakespeare's Genres.- Chapter 7 Applications and Exercises.- Chapter 8 Conclusion.

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