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內容簡介 暢銷書《教你讀懂文學的27堂課》作者又一力作！這次他將帶領讀者領略詩的美好，盡情享受從拜倫到披頭四的傑作。沒有一種文學形式如詩一般讓人敬畏。淵遠流長的詩人譜系，出現在所有的文化中，詩所帶來的致美與強烈情感，都使它令人尊敬；而詩之所以讓人畏懼，是因為人們對它不熟悉，缺乏對它的理解。比起其他的文學形式，不論在智識、情感與精神上，詩的門檻都更高。西方兒童開始喜歡詩，是因為蘇斯博士(Dr. Seuss)與《金銀島》作者史蒂文生的童詩。年紀漸長後，開始轉向散文形式的作品，詩慢慢地從我們所熟悉的閱讀地圖中消失。作者以他幽默風趣的筆觸，告訴讀著該如何克服對詩的恐懼，並且再次享受讀詩的樂趣。如何理解一首詩的中心思想？詩的表現形式有那些？除了格律、韻腳，我們還能學到詩的那些元素？如何透過詩行中的語言所帶來的回響，理解詩的第二層意涵？如何在詩中聽見音樂？如何在歌中看見詩？透過作者的引領，我們將重新發現詩。本書介紹的詩人，包括大文豪莎士比亞、浪漫詩人代表科律芝、擅長文字遊戲的康明思與諾貝爾文學獎得主希尼…等人，透過這些詩人精煉的文字與思想，我們與詩的距離將不再遙不可及。From the bestselling author of How to Read Literature Like a Professor comes this essential primer to reading poetry like a professor that unlocks the keys to enjoying works from Lord Byron to the Beatles.No literary form is as admired and feared as poetry. Admired for its lengthy pedigree—a line of poets extending back to a time before recorded history—and a ubiquitous presence in virtually all cultures, poetry is also revered for its great beauty and the powerful emotions it evokes. But the form has also instilled trepidation in its many admirers mainly because of a lack of familiarity and knowledge.Poetry demands more from readers—intellectually, emotionally, and spiritually—than other literary forms. Most of us started out loving poetry because it filled our beloved children's books from Dr. Seuss to Robert Louis Stevenson. Eventually, our reading shifted to prose and later when we encountered poetry again, we had no recent experience to make it feel familiar. But reading poetry doesn’t need to be so overwhelming. In an entertaining and engaging voice, Thomas C. Foster shows readers how to overcome their fear of poetry and learn to enjoy it once more.From classic poets such as Shakespeare, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and Edna St. Vincent Millay to later poets such as E.E. Cummings, Billy Collins, and Seamus Heaney, How to Read Poetry Like a Professor examines a wide array of poems and teaches readers:●How to read a poem to understand its primary meaning.●The different technical elements of poetry such as meter, diction, rhyme, line structures, length, order, regularity, and how to learn to see these elements as allies rather than adversaries.●How to listen for a poem’s secondary meaning by paying attention to the echoes that the language of poetry summons up.●How to hear the music in poems—and the poetry in songs!With How to Read Poetry Like a Professor, readers can rediscover poetry and reap its many rewards.
