Windows and Doors: A Poet Reads Literary Theory

Contents

Contents Preface vii Acknowledgments xiii Roots in Our Throats: A Case for Using Etymology 1 Front-Loading Syntax 19 Rhythm and Repetition in Free Verse, or, the Poet as Witch 42 Gertrude Stein’s Granddaughters: A Reading of Surprise 69 Metonymy, the Neglected (but Necessary) Trope 86 “Why Must It Always End This Way?” Narrative Poetry and Its (Dis)contents 103 A Sexy New Animal: The DNA of the Prose Poem 134 Dynamic Design: The Structure of Books of Poems 157 Performance of the Lyric “I” 173 ...