The Art Of series is a new Line of books reinvigorating the practice of craft and criticism.
The Art of the Poetic Line is a vital new resource by one of America\'s most important critics and most engaging poets..
Through a range of examples--from Shakespeare and Milton to Ashbery and Gl ck--Longenbach describes the function of Line in metered, rhymed, syllabic, and free-verse poetry.
James Longenbach opens this provocative book with that essential statement.
Poetry is the sound of language organized in lines.
The Art Of volumes will provide a series of sustained examinations of key but sometimes neglected aspects of creative writing by some of contemporary literature\'s finest practioners.
Each book will be a brief, witty, and useful exploration of fiction, nonfiction, or poetry by a writer impassioned by a singular craft issue.
The Art Of series is a new Line of books reinvigorating the practice of craft and criticism
