{"product_id":"poetry-as-enchantment-9781589881952","title":"Poetry as Enchantment","description":"\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\u003e“Few critics write more engagingly and perceptively about poetry than Dana Gioia . . .”\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e―Michael Dirda,\u003ci\u003e Washington Post\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\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMore personal than any of Gioia’s earlier works, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ePoetry as Enchantment \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003ereflects a lifetime of thought and experience. Gioia, the author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eCan Poetry Matter?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\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, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ePoetry as Enchantment \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003erelates literature to the questions of life. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dana Gioia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48286752866555,"sku":"9781589881952","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/9781589881952.jpg?v=1772485119","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/poetry-as-enchantment-9781589881952","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}