{"product_id":"becoming-poetry-9780807180112","title":"Becoming Poetry","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawn from more than twenty years of literary criticism, this collection of Jay Rogoff’s essays explore how the staying power of a poet’s work and the likelihood of it enjoying a lasting identification with its creator depend on the skilled manipulation of poetic technique.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJay Rogoff, one of our most consistently interesting poets, shows he is also one of our best critics of poetry. \u003ci\u003eBecoming Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e features brilliant essays on the differences between poetry and song, Shakespeare's sonnets, and Williams's struggle with Pound in \u003ci\u003ePaterson\u003c\/i\u003e, and a deft survey of contemporary poets. On poetic accent and metrical form, he is profoundly instructive. Every lover of poetry will want this book.\" - David Mikics, author of \u003cem\u003eSlow Reading in a Hurried Age\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eBecoming Poetry \u003c\/i\u003eearns its title, marking the reciprocities between the poem and the means involved in writing it. Rogoff, a poet, brings a watchmaker's attention to poems' workings in arresting, precisely considered prose. The immersive process of becoming poetry, which Rogoff makes legible, discloses the most enduring symbiosis between language and being.\" - JoEllen Kwiatek, author of \u003cem\u003eStudy for Necessity\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Rogoff earns a proud place in the grand tradition of the poet-critic. His experience with poetic craft yields insight, sympathy, and candor in discussing his fellow practitioners.\" - Terence Diggory, author of \u003cem\u003eWilliam Carlos Williams and the Ethics of Painting\u003c\/em\u003e","brand":"Louisiana State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51038208491863,"sku":"9780807180112","price":44.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780807180112.jpg?v=1750939489","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/becoming-poetry-9780807180112","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}