Why Poetry Matters 英文原版 为什么诗歌很重要 Jay Parini基本信息By (author) Jay PariniFormat Paperback | 224 pagesDimensions 133 x 197 x 14mm | 249gPublication date 14 Apr 2009Publisher Yale University PressPublication City/Country New Haven, CT, United StatesLanguage EnglishISBN10 0300151462ISBN13 9780300151466页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准内容简介A brief, passionate book about the nature of poetry and its use in the worldPoetry doesn"t matter to most people, observes Jay Parini at the opening of this book. But, undeterred, he c ... 展开完整描述 ▼
Why Poetry Matters 英文原版 为什么诗歌很重要 Jay Parini
基本信息
By (author) Jay Parini
Format Paperback | 224 pages
Dimensions 133 x 197 x 14mm | 249g
Publication date 14 Apr 2009
Publisher Yale University Press
Publication City/Country New Haven, CT, United States
Language English
ISBN10 0300151462
ISBN13 9780300151466
页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准
内容简介
A brief, passionate book about the nature of poetry and its use in the world
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 by our clamorous culture: without poetry, we live only partially, not fully conscious of the possibilities that life affords. Poetry indeed matters.
A gifted poet and acclaimed teacher, Parini begins by looking at defenses of poetry written over the centuries. He ponders Aristotle, Horace, and Longinus, and moves on through Sidney, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Shelley, Eliot, Frost, Stevens, and others. Parini examines the importance of poetic voice and the mysteries of metaphor. He argues that a poet"s originality depends on a deep understanding of the traditions of political poetry, nature poetry, and religious poetry.
Writing with a casual grace, Parini avoids jargon and makes his case in concise, direct terms: the mind of the poet supplies a light to the minds of others, kindling their imaginations, helping them to live their lives. The author"s love of poetry suffuses this insightful book-a volume for all readers interested in a fresh introduction to the art that lies at the center of Western civilization.
杰伊·帕里尼（Jay Parini）在这本书的开头 提到，一本简短而充满激情的关于诗歌本质及其在世界上的使用的书对大多数人而言并不重要。但是，他毫不犹豫地开始对诗歌，其语言和含义以及其开放思想和改变生活的力量进行了深刻的冥想。到本书结尾时，帕里尼（Parini）已恢复了一个经常被我们喧嚣的文化所掩盖的真理：没有诗歌，我们就只能部分生活，而不是完全意识到生活所带来的可能性。诗歌确实很重要。
帕里尼（Parini）是一位有天赋的诗人和倍受赞誉的老师，他首先研究了几个世纪以来的诗歌辩护。他考虑了亚里斯多德，霍勒斯和浪琴，并继续前进至悉尼，华兹华斯，科尔里奇，雪莱，艾略特，弗罗斯特，史蒂文斯等人。帕里尼（Parini）研究了诗意之声的重要性和隐喻的奥秘。他认为，诗人的 *创 性取决于对政治诗歌，自然诗歌和宗教诗歌传统的深刻理解。
帕里尼以随意的优雅写作，避免行话，并以简洁直接的方式陈述自己的观点：诗人的思想为他人的思想提供了亮光，激发了他们的想象力，帮助他们过上了生活。这本有见地的书充斥了作者对诗歌的热爱，这对于所有有兴趣对西方文明中心的艺术进行新鲜介绍的读者来说，都是一本好书。
作者简介
Jay Parini, a poet, novelist, and biographer, is D. E. Axinn Professor of English at Middlebury College. Among his many books are five volumes of poetry, most recently The Art of Subtraction: New and Selected Poems. His poems, articles, and reviews appear regularly in such journals as the Atlantic, the New Yorker, Harper"s, Poetry, the New York Times Book Review, the Guardian, and the Times Literary Supplement. He lives in Weybridge, VT.
诗人，小说家和传记作家杰伊·帕里尼（Jay Parini）是米德尔伯里学院（Middlebury College）的DE Axinn英语教授。在他的许多著作中，有五本诗集 ，*新 一本是《减法的艺术：新诗与精选诗》。他的诗，文章和评论定期出现在诸如《大西洋》，《纽约客》，《哈珀》，《诗歌》，《纽约时报书评》，《卫报》和《时代文学增刊》等期刊中。他住在佛蒙特州的韦布里奇。
