{"product_id":"poetry-as-enchantment-and-other-essays-paperback","title":"Poetry as Enchantment: And Other Essays - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDana Gioia\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Gioia joins W. H. Auden, Randall Jarrell, and D. H. Lawrence in embracing criticism that is insightfully intellectual and surprisingly personal . . . Always a canny discussant of contemporary poetics, Gioia again provides vital guidance for evaluating poetry that will appeal to tenured professors and armchair aficionados alike.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e―Booklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDana Gioia, one of America's leading poet-critics, explains why poetry exists and why we need it in this sparkling collection of essays. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore personal than any of Gioia's earlier works, \u003ci\u003ePoetry as Enchantment \u003c\/i\u003ereflects a lifetime of thought and experience. Gioia, the author of \u003ci\u003eCan Poetry Matter?\u003c\/i\u003e, talks about poetry in a radically different way than it is currently being taught or discussed. In the title essay, he explains that poetry is speech raised to the level of song, and though poetry may often be misunderstood as intellectual, it moves us the way music does. Poetry charms its readers, creating a heightened experience of attention. It addresses readers in the fullness of their humanity, simultaneously speaking to the mind, emotions, imagination, memory, and physical senses. Without academic jargon, \u003ci\u003ePoetry as Enchantment \u003c\/i\u003erelates literature to the questions of life. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDana Gioia\u003c\/b\u003e is a poet and critic. He has published six full-length collections of verse\u003ci\u003e―\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e99 Poems: New \u0026amp; Selected\u003c\/i\u003e won the Poets' Prize as the best new book of the year, and \u003ci\u003eInterrogations at Noon won\u003c\/i\u003e the American Book Award\u003ci\u003e―\u003c\/i\u003eand a memoir, \u003ci\u003eStudying with Miss Bishop \u003c\/i\u003e(Paul Dry Books, 2021). His controversial volume \u003ci\u003eCan Poetry Matter?\u003c\/i\u003e was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, and is credited with helping revive the role of poetry in American public culture. Gioia has served as the Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts and as California State Poet Laureate. He divides his time between Los Angeles and Sonoma County, California.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 7.9 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 12, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47456792346802,"sku":"9781589881952","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/f1dc97240921dcac49c948b1ede44020.webp?v=1778871333","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/poetry-as-enchantment-and-other-essays-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}