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Jay Parini has written 56 work(s)
Hardcover:
9780385524841 | 1 edition (Doubleday, June 17, 2008), cover price $27.50
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9780307388681 | Reprint edition (Vintage Books, June 16, 2009), cover price $17.00
Poetry doesnât matter to most people, observes Jay Parini at the opening of this book. But, undeterred, he commences a deeply felt meditation on poetry, its language and meaning, and its power to open minds and transform lives. By the end of the book, Parini has recovered a truth often obscured by our clamorous culture: without poetry, we live only partially, not fully conscious of the possibilities that life affords. Poetry indeed matters. A gifted poet and acclaimed teacher, Parini begins by looking at defenses of poetry written over the centuries. He ponders Aristotle, Horace, and Longinus, and moves on through Sidney, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Shelley, Eliot, Frost, Stevens, and others. Parini examines the importance of poetic voice and the mysteries of metaphor. He argues that a poetâs originality depends on a deep understanding of the traditions of political poetry, nature poetry, and religious poetry. Writing with a casual grace, Parini avoids jargon and makes his case in concise, direct terms: the mind of the poet supplies a light to the minds of others, kindling their imaginations, helping them to live their lives. The authorâs love of poetry suffuses this insightful bookÂa volume for all readers interested in a fresh introduction to the art that lies at the center of Western civilization.
Hardcover:
9780300124231 | Yale Univ Pr, April 22, 2008, cover price $24.00 | About this edition: Poetry doesnât matter to most people, observes Jay Parini at the opening of this book.
Paperback:
9780300151466 | Yale Univ Pr, March 31, 2009, cover price $16.00 | also contains Why Poetry Matters
Hardcover:
9780684315522 | Charles Scribners Sons/Reference, December 5, 2008, cover price $264.00
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9780684315539 | 14 edition (Charles Scribners Sons/Reference, November 28, 2008), cover price $264.00
Hardcover:
9780385522762 | Doubleday, November 4, 2008, cover price $24.95
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9781428262539 | Wadsworth Pub Co, July 25, 2008, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: The first thematic series published for American literature, THE WADSWORTH THEMES IN AMERICAN LITERATURE SERIES is currently comprised of 21 themes spanning the time period normally covered in the two-semester American literature survey course--1492 to the present.
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9781428262508 | Wadsworth Pub Co, July 25, 2008, cover price $17.95
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9781428262522 | Wadsworth Pub Co, July 25, 2008, cover price $17.95
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9781428262546 | Wadsworth Pub Co, July 25, 2008, cover price $17.95
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9781428262492 | Wadsworth Pub Co, July 25, 2008, cover price $17.95
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9781428262560 | Wadsworth Pub Co, July 11, 2008, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: The first thematic series published for American literature, THE WADSWORTH THEMES IN AMERICAN LITERATURE SERIES is currently comprised of 21 themes spanning the time period normally covered in the two-semester American literature survey course--1492 to the present.
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9781428262607 | Wadsworth Pub Co, July 11, 2008, cover price $17.95
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9781428262577 | Wadsworth Pub Co, July 11, 2008, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: The first thematic series published for American literature, THE WADSWORTH THEMES IN AMERICAN LITERATURE SERIES is currently comprised of 21 themes spanning the time period normally covered in the two-semester American literature survey course--1492 to the present.
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9781428262478 | 1 edition (Wadsworth Pub Co, July 10, 2008), cover price $17.95 | About this edition: The first thematic series published for American literature, THE WADSWORTH THEMES IN AMERICAN LITERATURE SERIES is currently comprised of 21 themes spanning the time period normally covered in the two-semester American literature survey course--1492 to the present.
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9781428262461 | 1 edition (Wadsworth Pub Co, July 10, 2008), cover price $17.95 | About this edition: The first thematic series published for American literature, THE WADSWORTH THEMES IN AMERICAN LITERATURE SERIES is currently comprised of 21 themes spanning the time period normally covered in the two-semester American literature survey course--1492 to the present.
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9781428262447 | 1 edition (Wadsworth Pub Co, July 10, 2008), cover price $17.95 | About this edition: The first thematic series published for American literature, THE WADSWORTH THEMES IN AMERICAN LITERATURE SERIES is currently comprised of 21 themes spanning the time period normally covered in the two-semester American literature survey course--1492 to the present.
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9781428262454 | 1 edition (Wadsworth Pub Co, July 10, 2008), cover price $17.95
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9781413018455 | 1 edition (Heinle & Heinle Pub, June 27, 2008), cover price $95.95
9781413033045 | 1 edition (Heinle & Heinle Pub, June 27, 2008), cover price $95.95
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9781428262591 | Wadsworth Pub Co, June 13, 2008, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: The first thematic series published for American literature, THE WADSWORTH THEMES IN AMERICAN LITERATURE SERIES is currently comprised of 21 themes spanning the time period normally covered in the two-semester American literature survey course--1492 to the present.
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9781428262430 | Wadsworth Pub Co, June 6, 2008, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: The first thematic series published for American literature, THE WADSWORTH THEMES IN AMERICAN LITERATURE SERIES is currently comprised of 21 themes spanning the time period normally covered in the two-semester American literature survey course--1492 to the present.
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9781428262423 | Wadsworth Pub Co, June 6, 2008, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: The first thematic series published for American literature, THE WADSWORTH THEMES IN AMERICAN LITERATURE SERIES is currently comprised of 21 themes spanning the time period normally covered in the two-semester American literature survey course--1492 to the present.
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9781428262416 | Wadsworth Pub Co, June 6, 2008, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: The first thematic series published for American literature, THE WADSWORTH THEMES IN AMERICAN LITERATURE SERIES is currently comprised of 21 themes spanning the time period normally covered in the two-semester American literature survey course--1492 to the present.
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9781428262393 | Wadsworth Pub Co, May 18, 2008, cover price $17.95
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9781428262386 | Wadsworth Pub Co, May 18, 2008, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: The first thematic series published for American literature, THE WADSWORTH THEMES IN AMERICAN LITERATURE SERIES is currently comprised of 21 themes spanning the time period normally covered in the two-semester American literature survey course--1492 to the present.
Wadsworth Themes American Literature Series, 1492-1820: Empire, Science, and Economy in the Americas
Paperback:
9781428262409 | Wadsworth Pub Co, May 18, 2008, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: The first thematic series published for American literature, THE WADSWORTH THEMES IN AMERICAN LITERATURE SERIES is currently comprised of 21 themes spanning the time period normally covered in the two-semester American literature survey course--1492 to the present.
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