52 Ways Of Looking At A Poem: or How Reading Modern Poetry Can Change Your Life: A Poem for Every Week of the Year [Paperback]

'Her introduction will come to be seen as the summary of the age. I haven't seen any description of where and who we are that's as clear, balanced and inspiring.' Jo Shapcott 'Many of us who like poetry but are ignorant about how a good poem is put together have learned to read unfamiliar poetry with greater understanding as a result of this weekly analysis. An Independent on Sunday reader --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

‘Many of us... have learned to read unfamiliar poetry with greater understanding as a result of this weekly analysis.' --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

"She chooses her poems with impeccable taste, an anthologist of the very best contemporary poetry" --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

The best modern poetry anthology-with-a-difference'Padel's clear and informed approach makes modern poetry completely accessible' The Times

British poetry is in a wonderful state at present. Never have so many poets been saying so many interesting things in such lively, up-to-date ways. Yet many people feel shut out or know little about poetry and have no idea where to begin. In this groundbreaking book, Ruth Padel takes fifty-two of the poems she discussed in her newspaper column - a year's worth - and suggests ways of reading them. The poems are by a wide range of living poets, on experiences we all share - love, sex, death, nature, history, war - which show how reading a poem can enhance everyone's life as powerfully and as pleasurably as reading novels or watching a film. (20030402)

Based on Ruth Padel’s popular ‘Sunday Poem’ column in the Independent on Sunday which aimed to make contemporary poetry accessible and less intimidating by, each week, showing how to go about reading a poem. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Ruth Padel is a highly respected poet whose collections Fusewire, Rembrandt Would Have Loved You and Voodoo Shop have all been published by Chatto. She also writes non fiction and her latest book, I'm a Man, an analysis of the masculine nature of rock music, was published by Faber. She is also a journalist, writing features and reviews for the major broadsheets. (20030402)