The Making of a Sonnet
A Norton Anthology
Description
An enlightening, celebratory anthology of the most classic and enduring of forms edited by two major poets.
This illuminating anthology follows the sonnet through its various moments and makers over five and a half centuries. Edward Hirsch and Eavan Boland, two of our foremost poets, focus on vicissitudes, paying particular attention to how individual poets—from Shakespeare to Strand—have claimed these fourteen lines: lengthened them, shortened them, elaborated on them, and, in turn, been defined by them. Three sections—"The Sonnet in the Mirror," "The Sonnet Goes to Different Lengths," and "The Sonnet extraordinary durability and its reinventions. The collection opens with personal introductions by the editors, and, in the appendix, they provide "Ten Questions for a Sonnet Workshop" to jump-start a conversation between students and teachers. With more than three hundred poems, The Making of a Sonnet guides readers through a vigorous adventures in craft and practice, right up to its extraordinary resurgence in contemporary poetry.
Also By: Eavan Boland
Denise Levertov, Paul A. Lacey, Eavan Boland
Paperback, 2024
The landmark collected work of one of the greatest poets of the 20th century, now in paperback.
Eavan Boland
Paperback, 2022
Winner of the 2020 Costa Poetry Award
A forceful and moving final volume from one of the most masterful poets of the twentieth century.
Eavan Boland
Hardback, 2020
Winner of the 2020 Costa Poetry Award
A forceful and moving final volume from one of the most masterful poets of the twentieth century.
Eavan Boland
E Book, 2020
Winner of the 2020 Costa Poetry Award
A forceful and moving final volume from one of the most masterful poets of the twentieth century.
Eavan Boland
Paperback, 2016
A powerful work that examines how—even without country or settled identity—a legacy of love can endure.
Also By: Edward Hirsch
Tadeusz Rózewicz, Joanna Trzeciak, Edward Hirsch
Paperback, 2013
"An anti-poet relentlessly, even ruthlessly determined to tell the truth, however painful it may be."—Edward Hirsch
Nazim Hikmet, Randy Blasing, Mutlu Konuk Blasing, Edward Hirsch
Paperback, 2008
The complete English translation of Nazim Hikmet's epic masterwork.
Charles Baxter, Michael Collier, Edward Hirsch
Hardback, 2004
Three generations of writers celebrate a master whose life and work continue to reverberate in contemporary letters.