How to read a poem /
Terry Eagleton.
- Oxford : Blackwell, 2007.
- ix, 182 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Terry Eagleton argues that the art of reading poetry is as much in danger of becoming extinct as thatching or clog dancing. He summons the aid of such critics as the Russian Formalists to raise some general questions: What is poetry, and how does it differ from prose? And, is there a language peculiar to poetry?