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  • The Complete Stein Poems, 1998-2003

    Seria seria Hardcopy
    A landmark publication in computer-generated poetry drawn from the works of Gertrude Stein.The Stein poems of Jackson Mac Low (1922–2004) were written between 1998 and 2003. Comprising more than 500 pages of text, this edited series of 161 poems—most of them never published—is the poet’s last great work, composed during the final years of a lifetime of prolific creation.The raw material of each ... Citiți mai mult

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  • Words on the Move

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  • Word Workout

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  • On Poetry and Craft

    Selected Prose

    Seria seria Writing Re: Writing
    "One of the virtues of good poetry is the fact that it irritates the mediocre."Theodore Roethke was one of the most famous and outspoken poets and poetry teachers this country has ever known. In this volume of selected prose, Roethke articulates his commitments to imaginative possibilities, offers tender advice to young writers, and zings darts at stuffed shirts, lightweights and fools."Art is our ... Citiți mai mult

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  • The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition

    The Elements of Style is an American English writing style guide. It is one of the most influential and best-known prescriptive treatments of English grammar and usage in the United States. It originally detailed eight elementary rules of usage, ten elementary principles of composition, and "a few matters of form" as well as a list of commonly misused words and expressions. Updated editions of the ... Citiți mai mult

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  • The Tides of Mind

    Uncovering the Spectrum of Consciousness

    A “rock star” (New York Times) of the computing world provides a radical new work on the meaning of human consciousness.The holy grail of psychologists and scientists for nearly a century has been to understand and replicate both human thought and the human mind. In fact, it's what attracted the now-legendary computer scientist and AI authority David Gelernter to the discipline in the first place. ... Citiți mai mult

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  • Playing with Words: A Poetry Writing Workshop

    This workbook includes exercises for the younger crowd (middle school age) and for older students and adults who want to play with words.There are 30 exercises for creating poems by playing with words here, as well as a few examples of poems created by myself and famous poets like Lewis Carroll, Robert Frost, Shakespeare, Dylan Thomas, and Elizabeth Bishop. Play with writing cut-ups, sonnets, ... Citiți mai mult

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  • How to Tell Fate from Destiny

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    "In this part-thesaurus, part-hilarious manual of style, Elster breaks down the most common mistakes of the English language."— BooklistIf you have trouble distinguishing the verbs imitate and emulate, the relative pronouns that and which, or the adjectives pliant, pliable, and supple, never fear— How to Tell Fate from Destiny is here to help! With more than 500 headwo... ... Citiți mai mult

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  • The Art Of Writing & Speaking The English Language

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  • Subtitling

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  • Last Looks, Last Books

    Stevens, Plath, Lowell, Bishop, Merrill

    de Helen Vendler ...
    Seria seria Bollingen Series
    Modern American poets writing in the face of deathIn Last Looks, Last Books, the eminent critic Helen Vendler examines the ways in which five great modern American poets, writing their final books, try to find a style that does justice to life and death alike. With traditional religious consolations no longer available to them, these poets must invent new ways to express the crisis of death, as ... Citiți mai mult

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