[New-Poetry] a dead ear for scansion

[jforjames at aol.com]

Oh..I see Tad had it right about the list being? done, in large part, by 'we' at NewPorty. Read right past that.
Anyway, one other refinement, Phase 2,?in the next version will be categorizing the books..
Guidebook
Essary
Poetics
Criticism
etc., which will be task since there is invitable overlap in categories...so maybe some titles will be tagged in two or more categories.
The larger and more daunting task, Phase 3,?is to add a one paragraph descriptive synopsis to each title,
and to make some reference to earlier editions, when applicable.
I may call on volunteers from this list and from?other lists to?each pick a handful of books to describe. Some of it can be gleaned from publishers websites and web, but for many of?titles someone will have to compose.
Margery Snyder editor of About.com Poetry has done some work along this line, and she/they?added a way to buy selected titles...
http://poetry.about.com/od/poetrytools/tp/libdictionaries.htm

Someone also suggested doing Best Poetry Anthologies list, because as was oft said when the list was being made, if you want to learn poetics, immerse yourself in the soruce materia.
Finnegan



-----Original Message-----
From: jforjames at aol.com
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Sent: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 9:35 am
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The Derek Attridge book?is in?the 'Ars Poetica Library', v03-07, (which I hope to update later in the summer). See...
http://ursprache.blogspot.com/2007/03/poets-ideal-library-work-in-progress.html
Actually, Chris, if you go down into the comments area you'll see the more readable version of the first list which you did for me. I'll correct Tad on one point, though I initiated this compilation, and added many of the titles from my?personal library,?it was a collaborative effort and many people on the NewPoetry list suggested titles. 
I have at least 25 more to add in next version. 

Annie Finch who knows a thing or two about meter has mentioned this book on serveral ocassions,..it's also on the list...
Versification: A Short Introduction, James McAuley, Formalism/Metrics. Michigan State U. Press 1966

Sam Gwynn and Robin Hamilton surely have an opinion on what books are best for the study of metrical poetry.
They must be on vacation.

Finnegan

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From: TheOldMole <Opus40-01 at opus40.org>
Sent: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 6:15 am
Subject: Re: [New-Poetry] a dead ear for scansion


The list we made up, that Jim Finnegan put on his blog, of books on poetry and poetics.?
?
Chris Lott wrote:?
> What is Jim's list??
>?
> One title that won't help is Steele's _All the Fun's in How You Say a?
> Thing_ which is what has lead me to this despairing state...?
>?
> c?
>?
> On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 16:04, TheOldMole <Opus40-01 at opus40.org> wrote:?
> >> Is that on Jim's list? If not, it should be added.?
>>?
>> Renee Ashley wrote:?
>> >>> Hi Chris,?
>>>?
>>> Derek Attridge's POETIC RHYTHM: AN INTRODUCTION really helped me. It's?
>>> the first thing I ever read that pointed out it wasn't as black and white as?
>>> my teachers had indicated...?
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