Break, Blow, Burn: Camille Paglia Reads Forty-three of the World's Best Poems

America?s most provocative intellectual brings her blazing powers of analysis and appreciation to bear on the great poems of the Western tradition, and on some unexpected discoveries of her own. Combining close reading with a panoramic breadth of learning, Camille Paglia refreshes our understanding of poems we thought we knew, from Shakespeare?s ?Sonnet 73? to Shelley?s ?Ozymandias,? from Donne?s ?The Flea? to Lowell?s ?Man and Wife,? and from Dickinson?s ?Because I Could Not Stop for Death? to Plath?s ?Daddy.?

Paglia also introduces us to less-familiar works by Paul Blackburn, Wanda Coleman, Chuck Wachtel, Rochelle Kraut?and even Joni Mitchell. Daring, riveting, and beautifully written, Break, Blow, Burn will excite even seasoned poetry lovers, and create a generation of new ones. more

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4/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Aug-05-2009; Wrong sample.; The sample shows no poem. I cannot tell at what font size the verse is properly shown.; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Apr-29-2009; a logical Next Step after Poetry for Dummies - and I mean that quite favorably!; My experience with poetry is probably quite common. I suffered through a few lessons in high school (Browning, Yeats, Shakespeare, Chaucer) and didn't give verse another thought for 20 years. I tried to add poetry back into my Reading...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jun-16-2008; Great for Everyone; This book is great for students, teachers, and "general readers." The introduction alone is worth the cover price, but you might not want to listen to me. I strongly oppose jargon-filled "literary theory" and instead celebrate logical...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jun-15-2008; Excellent Primer; I have owned this book for a year and find that it equally instructive today as the first. Prof. Paglia provides a solid method for reading and thinking about poetry and other literary forms. Her ability to breakdown each poem and link...; read full review | report as inappropriate

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4/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Aug-05-2009; Wrong sample.; The sample shows no poem. I cannot tell at what font size the verse is properly shown.; read full review | report as inappropriate

3/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Mar-03-2006; A nice review for beginners; I felt this book was a nice starting place for literary analysis of some of the more important poems in the English language. Paglia covers the "heavy hitters" - Shakespeare, Donne, Dickenson, and throws in her own picks, Joni Mitchell,...; read full review | report as inappropriate

2/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Aug-25-2005; It's Not the Poems, It's the Readings; The book could have been useful, should have been useful, but isn't. Paglia simply reads the poems badly. Many, many details here:http://www.godofthemachine.com/archives/00000579.html; read full review | report as inappropriate