{"product_id":"a-vertical-art-on-poetry-9780691233109","title":"A Vertical Art: On Poetry","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the UK Poet Laureate and bestselling translator, a spirited book that demystifies and celebrates the art of poetry today\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eA Vertical Art\u003c\/i\u003e, acclaimed poet Simon Armitage takes a refreshingly common-sense approach to an art form that can easily lend itself to grand statements and hollow gestures. Questioning both the facile and obscure ends of the poetry spectrum, he offers sparkling new insights about poetry and an array of favorite poets. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBased on Armitage's public lectures as Oxford Professor of Poetry, \u003ci\u003eA Vertical Art\u003c\/i\u003e illuminates poets as varied as Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman, Marianne Moore, W. H. Auden, Ted Hughes, Thom Gunn, A. R. Ammons, and Claudia Rankine. The chapters are often delightfully sassy in their treatment, as in \"Like, Elizabeth Bishop,\" in which Armitage dissects--and tallies--the poet's predilection for similes. He discusses Bob Dylan's Nobel Prize, poetic lists, poetry and the underworld, and the dilemmas of translating \u003ci\u003eSir Gawain and the Green Knight\u003c\/i\u003e. Armitage also pulls back the curtain on the unromantic realities of making a living as a contemporary poet, and ends the book with his own list of \"Ninety-Five Theses\" on the principles and practice of poetry. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn appealingly personal book that explores the volatile and disputed definitions of poetry from the viewpoint of a practicing writer and dedicated reader, \u003ci\u003eA Vertical Art\u003c\/i\u003e makes an insightful and entertaining case for the power and potential of poetry today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSimon Armitage\u003c\/b\u003e is UK Poet Laureate, professor of poetry at the University of Leeds, and former Oxford Professor of Poetry. He is the author of more than a dozen poetry collections and is the acclaimed translator of \u003ci\u003eSir Gawain and the Green Knight\u003c\/i\u003e and other books.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50568017248530,"sku":"9780691233109","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_200da36c-238b-46c0-80be-ef40ffc87fe3.jpg?v=1731936236","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-vertical-art-on-poetry-9780691233109","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}