books by Dana Gioia     books:       California Poetry: From the Gold Rush to the Present (California Legacy)1 review Heyday Books, 2003 California Poetry - an anthology California Poetry: From the Gold Rush to the Present was published last November as the latest entry in the California Legacy series of Heyday Books. It is an anthology of poetry by California poets compiled and edited by Dana Gioia, who is currently serving as Chairman of the National Endowment of the Arts. Chryss Yost, a poet, and Jack Hicks, who teaches literature and creative writing at the ...             100 Great Poets of the English Language (Penguin Academics Series) (Penguin Academics)1 review Dana Gioia Longman, 2004 All a poetry anthology should be. Of course, I am speaking in my title of the pure anthology, a collection without explanatory or exploratory texts. And that is all this is: a collection of poems by 100 poets. But do not misread "all this is": "a collection" is all this book _needs_ be, and it is that quite exemplarily. Now, no poetry anthology that is not 5000+ pages in length is going to leave you without any sense of "Oh, ...             Disappearing Ink: Poetry at the End of Print Culture2 reviews Dana Gioia Graywolf Press, 2004 Intelligent, provocative, and well-reasoned. Ever since the publication of "Can Poetry Matter?" the essayist and Formalist poet Dana Gioia has been one of the most polarizing figures in the current literary world. The controversy around Gioia redoubled when he accepted President Bush's invitation to become chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, causing more left-leaning poets to accuse him of "selling out." While I don't agree ...             The Art of the Short Story5 reviews, 2008 Excellent Collection This collection has a nice variety of authors and stories. There are unmistakable classics like Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery," Ernest Hemingway's "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place" and James Baldwin's "Sonny's Blues" but also stories by several authors I had never been introduced to before. The result is a fascinating range of styles and perspectives which make the book a compelling and inspiring ...             The Longman Masters of Short Fiction1 review Dana Gioia, R. S. Gwynn Longman, 2001 Great Collection Covers Major Themes This book has a great collection of stories and profound themes. One way to use this book is to pair up the stories. For example, one can look at "The Misfit's Misguided Quest for Love" by studying "Bartleby" by Melville and "The Overcoat" by Gogol. Another good pairing is to study "Lost Love and Alcohol" by looking at "Babylon Revisted" by Fitzgerald and "The Swimmer" by John Cheever. In both ...             Barrier of a Common Language: An American Looks at Contemporary British Poetry (Poets on Poetry)2 reviews Michael Dana Gioia University of Michigan Press, 2003 good collection First of all, you have to realize Dana Gioia isn't just an average American talking about British poetry. It isn't like, say me for example. Gioia is extremely well informed and knows what he is talking about. So you get a really good collection of essays. But that is what this is, just a collection of essays that are only connected by the fact that they discuss British poets. Now don't get me ...             Literature (An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, And Drama -portable, Parts 1-4)1 review Dana Gioia Pearson, Longman, 2005 Timely Arrival The merchandise arrived in a timely manner and the overall experience was good.             Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama, Compact Edition, Interactive Edition (4th Edition)1 review X. J. Kennedy, Dana M. Gioia Longman, 2004 Good Refresher--refers to the 6th Edition This review refers to the 6th Edition. I read this book as a refresher of the basics and found it very helpful. I especially value the simple, easy to understand definitions of the Literary Elements and the examples that accompany them. It would be nice if we can search inside the latest edition because first thing I'd like to check is the Table of Contents and if it reflects the expansion of ...             Backpack Literature2 reviews X. J. Kennedy, Dana Gioia Longman, 2005 A compelling choice Overpriced like most textbooks but probably the only introductory literature anthology since Benjamin LaMott's "Close Imagining" (McGraw Hill) that I'd use a second time. It's compact yet very generous and representative. For example, you can pair "Young Goodman Brown" with "A Good Man Is Hard to Find" or "A Rose for Emily" with "Barn Burning" or "A & P" with "Araby." Most of the frequently ...             Selected Short Stories of Weldon Kees2 reviews Weldon Kees Bison Books, 2002 A Forgotten US Enigma : No one knows how, or when, or even whether, Weldon Kees died. Having talked both of fleeing to Mexico and of suicide off the Golden Gate Bridge, his car was found near the latter on July 18, 1955. No hint of the man has since emerged. But while he was active, Kees wrote fiction (initially), poetry, and cultural criticism of all kinds for major national periodicals; he painted (abstract ...             An Introduction to Fiction2 reviews X.J. Kennedy, Dana Gioia Harpercollins College Div, 1995 The new standard For years Norton has been the standard in the Literature textbook field. But lately it seems that Longman is coming up and taking over. First there are the pocket anthologies edited by R.S. Gwynn, better than anything Norton has. Then there is the Longman Anthology of Short Fiction edited by Dana Gioia and R.S. Gwynn, which should take the place of Norton as the standard that all other textbooks ...             The Hand of the Poet: Poems and Papers in Manuscript5 reviews Rodney Phillips, Susan Benesch, ... Rizzoli International Publications, 1997 For the aspiring poet, a good read There is something magical about seeing well known and loved poems in the poet's own hand... this book provides an interesting insight into the works of a good number of well-known poets. A must-have for those who read poetry with more than just a passing interest, this book is also a good starting point for biographical information. Nice photographs, and, when necessary, captions transcribing ...             Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, Drama, and Writing, Compact Edition (5th Edition) ...2 reviews X. J. Kennedy, Dana Gioia Longman, 2006 The one by which all others are measured The first review of this textbook is extremely misleading. This is THE most popular textbook in the country for Introduction to Literature courses. While the Norton is certainly popular too, it is not the "standard." Furthermore, the literature examples in the book are copious, varied and extremely well chosen. All periods and types of the genres are represented, and the headnotes are ...             Nosferatu1 review Dana Gioia Graywolf Press, 2001 What's opera without the music? In this case, it's a remarkable dramatic poem, in which good vs. evil, light vs. darkness, need vs. greed and all the other Big Fights come evocatively wrapped in a vampire's cape. Despite the grand scale of the tragedy and the Gothic settting, or maybe because of it, you will find yourself identifying with the cursed and gifted heroine, her doomed goof of a husband, and the desperately lonely ...             An IE an Intro to Poetry 8e5 reviews X. J Kennedy, Dana Gioia Longman, 1994 This Is A Textbook? Maybe I shouldn't have even used the term "textbook". After all that word generally connotes a book that is tedious, dry and full of obscure jargon. This is a different book, however. It is indeed a sprightly introduction to poetry that informs and entertains. It has sections on Irony, Tone, Words, Metaphors, Sound, Rhythm, Form, Symbol, Myth, and Narrative, just to mention a few. The ...             National Poetry Recitation Contest : Performing Poetry : An Audio Guide (Poetry Out Loud)1 review National Endowment for the Arts, Poetry Foundation, 2005 Excellent Poetry Resource Focused on the performance of poetry, with sections covering the major areas and readings from great poets by well known actors and writers (including Anthony Hopkins, James Earl Jones, Angela Lansbury, David Schwimmer).             Wire Song1 review Mark Todd Conundrum Press, 2001 Finally a full-length collection Finally, a collection of Mark Todd's poetry has been published! I first read his works in the classic collection of Colorado western slope poetry titled "Geography of Hope." Ever since, I have hoped for a full-length collection. It has finally arrived and what a collection it is. Todd lives among the incomparable landscape of the Colorado Rockies near Gunnison, Colorado. He writes in a manner ...             Literature9 reviews X.J. Kennedy, Dana Gioia Allyn & Bacon, 2007 Surprsingly Wonderful! I picked this book up for a class, expecting to be perfectly bored. Instead, this book woke up my sleeping love of learning and literature. The book is easy to understand and contains MANY great stories and poems in it. It also has a great glossary and index was well. It came with an additional feature, MyLiteratureLab, which is an accompanying web page. That is also very helpful indeed. ...             Can Poetry Matter?: Essays on Poetry and American Culture4 reviews Dana Gioia Graywolf Press, 2002 An insightful book The title essay in this book is by far the most important. It's well worth at least checking this book out from a library just to read that first essay. As a poet in an MFA program, I am currently experiencing the severance from the rest of society and alienation from literary criticism that Gioia describes so well. He's right on target. I'm not sure about some of his prescriptions for moving ...             Interrogations at Noon5 reviews Dana Gioia Graywolf Press, 2001 DANA GIOIA'S "INTERROGATIONS AT NOON" New Formalist poet/critic Dana Gioia is known for his ground-breaking essay, "Can Poetry Matter?" This is his third book of poetry, and it is unlike anything produced by anyone else in America. Sicilian, Mexican and Native American in his ancestry, Gioia writes out of a "dark" Catholic sensibility--a sensibility which sees "the end of the world" in every sensuous detail around him. One of the ...              search for books academics, american, backpack, british, california, compact, contemporary, contest, culture, disappearing, edition, english, interactive, interrogations, introduction, kennedy, language, literature, manuscript, masters, national, nosferatu, penguin, performing, portable, present, recitation, selected, stories, writing books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen DVD: Radiohead - Meeting People Is Easy we recommend Intelligent, provocative, and well-reasoned. Impressum - about us get your own free tagboard