As to "poetry handbooks", I treasure the one by Babette Deutsch. Her simple explanations and clear illustrations have been invaluable to me over the years, both as teacher and practitioner. I once mislaid my copy and bought another immediately, so now I have two, one to stay and one to travel.
I also have the Princeton Dictionary of Poetry and Poetics, but I can't remember when I last opened it.
There's soon to be a new kid on the block, from Palgrave Macmillan: The Portable Poetry Workshop, edited by Nigel McLoughlin (Professor of Creativity and Poetics at the University of Gloucestershire, UK).
Due out on the 2nd of September.
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Last edited by Ann Drysdale; 07-17-2016 at 02:52 AM.
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