{"product_id":"the-sighted-singer-two-works-on-poetry-for-readers-and-writers-paperback","title":"The Sighted Singer: Two Works on Poetry for Readers and Writers - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAllen Grossman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMark Halliday\u003c\/b\u003e (With)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring a week in January 1981, poets Allen Grossman and Mark Halliday met for a series of conversations exploring \"the meanings for us as poets arising from the differences between us--differences of generation and education as well as of temperament and poetic styles.\" The result was \u003ci\u003eAgainst Our Vanishing\u003c\/i\u003e, which Charles Altieri called \"the best in contemporary poetic thinking.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Sighted Singer: Two Works on Poetry for Readers and Writers\u003c\/i\u003e makes available a revised and significantlyexpanded version of \u003ci\u003eAgainst Our Vanishing \u003c\/i\u003eand includes Grossman's recent treatise \"\u003ci\u003eSumma Lyrica: \u003c\/i\u003eA Primer of the Commonplaces in Speculative Poetry.\" This combined edition provides a sophisticated yet accessible discussion--across generations--of \"the fundamental discourse of poetic structure.\" For students and teachers, for writers and readers, \u003ci\u003eThe Sighted Singer \u003c\/i\u003eis a splendid introduction to both the tradition of poetry and its contemporary practice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring a week in January 1981, poets Allen Grossman and Mark Halliday met for a series of conversations exploring \"the meanings for us as poets arising from the difference between us-- differences of generation and education as well as of temperament and poetic style.\" The result was \"Against Our Vanishing\", which Charles Altieri called \" the best in contemporary poetic thinking.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The Sighted Singer: Two Works on Poetry for Readers and Writers\" makes available a revised and significantly expanded version of \"Against Our Vanishing\" and includes Grossman's recent treatise \"Summa Lyrica: A Primer of the Commonplaces in the Speculative Poetics\". This combined edition provides a sophisticated yet accessible discussion-- across generations-- of \"the fundamental discourse of poetic structure\". For students and teachers, for writers and readers, \"The Sighted Singer\" is a splendid introduction to both the tradition of poetry and its contemporary practice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAllen Grossman\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of English at the Johns Hopkins University. He is a MacArthur Foundation grant recipient and the author of many books of poetry, including \u003ci\u003eThe Bright Nails Scattered on the Ground\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Woman on the Bridge over the Chicago River\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eMark Halliday\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eStevens and the Interpersonal\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTasker Street\u003c\/i\u003e, which received the Juniper Prize for 1991. He teaches English at Wilmington Friends School in Delaware.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.06 x 9.1 x 6.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 19, 1991\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47451611758770,"sku":"9780801842436","price":64.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/7fb3bbe15ab14bc68be75be842e786e4.webp?v=1778798027","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/the-sighted-singer-two-works-on-poetry-for-readers-and-writers-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}