Poets Teaching Poets: Self and the WorldGregory Orr, Ellen Bryant Voigt div Essays on the craft and relevance of poetry by distinguished practitioners and teachers of the art br /div |
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... tension and rest , by making the reader anticipate , then sometimes frustrating and sometimes reward- ing that anticipation . The energy in a work - meaning whatever keeps us reading - comes in part from ( 1 ) the balance between what ...
... tension and rest , by making the reader anticipate , then sometimes frustrating and sometimes reward- ing that anticipation . The energy in a work - meaning whatever keeps us reading - comes in part from ( 1 ) the balance between what ...
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... tension in fiction ; surprise is the foremost method of creating tension in poetry . Consider this tiny piece of fiction by Lon Otto called “ A Very Short Story . " A man is at a party with his former lover and her new husband . She is ...
... tension in fiction ; surprise is the foremost method of creating tension in poetry . Consider this tiny piece of fiction by Lon Otto called “ A Very Short Story . " A man is at a party with his former lover and her new husband . She is ...
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... tension . In the last sentence , Otto glides out of his story with his remark about tension , a tension that is obviously felt by the newly married couple : the husband aware that his wife had been involved with the storyteller , the ...
... tension . In the last sentence , Otto glides out of his story with his remark about tension , a tension that is obviously felt by the newly married couple : the husband aware that his wife had been involved with the storyteller , the ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Obstinate Humanity | 23 |
MARIANNE BORUCH | 48 |
Copyright | |
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