{"product_id":"the-poetry-handbook-9780199265381","title":"The Poetry Handbook","description":"This volume is a lucid and entertaining guide to the poet's craft, and an invaluable introduction to practical criticism for students. Chapters on each element of poetry offer a wide-ranging general account and end by looking at different poems, to build up sustained analytical readings. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe second edition--fully revised, expanded, updated, and supported by a new companion website--confirm \u003cem\u003eThe Poetry Handbook\u003c\/em\u003e as the best guide to poetry available in English.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJohn Lennard has taught at the universities of London and Cambridge, and for the Open University. He has published three books: \u003cem\u003eBut I Digress\u003c\/em\u003e (1991), the best-selling \u003cem\u003ePoetry Handbook\u003c\/em\u003e (1996) and \u003cem\u003eThe Drama Handbook\u003c\/em\u003e (2002). He is presently Dean of the Shakespeare Programme at the British-American Drama Academy in London; on the Global Virtual Faculty of Fairleigh Dickinson University; and teaches for the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50844100919570,"sku":"9780199265381","price":62.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_bbaa3deb-c8de-42b3-a60d-a8ea07f46345.jpg?v=1737311000","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-poetry-handbook-9780199265381","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}