{"product_id":"a-little-history-of-poetry-9780300283426","title":"A Little History of Poetry","description":"\u003cb\u003eA vital guide to poetry from ancient times to the present\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Poetry is language made special, so that it will be remembered and valued. It does not always work - over the centuries countless thousands of poems have been forgotten. This \u003ci\u003eLittle History\u003c\/i\u003e is about some that have not. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e John Carey tells the stories behind the world's greatest poems, from the oldest surviving one written nearly 4,000 years ago to those being written today. Carey looks at poets whose works shape our view of the world - such as Shakespeare, Whitman and Yeats - and more recent poets like Sylvia Plath, Seamus Heaney, and Marianne Moore who have started to question what makes a poem 'great' in the first place. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eLittle Histories \u003c\/i\u003e- Inspiring Guides for Curious Minds\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Carey\u003c\/b\u003e is Emeritus Professor at the University of Oxford. His books include \u003ci\u003eThe Essential Paradise Lost \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eWhat Good are the Arts?\u003c\/i\u003e, studies of Donne and Dickens and a biography of William Golding. \u003ci\u003eThe Unexpected Professor\u003c\/i\u003e, his memoir, was a \u003ci\u003eSunday Times \u003c\/i\u003eBest Seller.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Yale University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51260242723090,"sku":"9780300283426","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3354e087-f299-458e-be3b-ec244656af0c.jpg?v=1748517418","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-little-history-of-poetry-9780300283426","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}