{"product_id":"poetry-as-persuasion-carl-dennis-9780820322483","title":"Poetry as Persuasion","description":"Focusing on the relation of the poet to the reader, Carl Dennis proposes that poems are acts of persuasion and that the strength of a poem's speaker is the key to winning the reader's sympathetic attention. Dennis identifies the qualities of passion, discrimination, and inclusiveness as essential in creating a compelling speaker. This emphasis on character leads to fresh discussions of point of view, irony, myth, and genre. Each subject is developed through careful readings of a wide variety of poets--from Whitman and Dickinson to contemporaries. Lucidly written, \u003ci\u003ePoetry as Persuasion\u003c\/i\u003e offers both inspiration and important advice for practicing poets, and at the same time provides anyone with an interest in poetry a fresh understanding of its appeal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Carl Dennis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0820322482\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780820322483\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Georgia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.62w x 0.63d","brand":"Carl Dennis","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43980616958207,"sku":"9780820322483","price":28.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c4a6cea6-454f-488e-9256-692db2d52164.jpg?v=1683250931","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/poetry-as-persuasion-carl-dennis-9780820322483","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}