Why poetry matters / Jay Parini.

Poetry doesn't matter to most people, observes Jay Parini at the opening of this book. But, undeterred, he commences a deeply felt meditation on poetry, its language and meaning, and its power to open minds and transform lives. By the end of the book, Parini has recovered a truth often obscured...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author:	Parini, Jay (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2008.
Series:	Why X matters.
Subjects:	Poetry.