{"product_id":"a-little-history-of-poetry-9780300283426","title":"A Little History of Poetry","description":"\u003cb\u003eA vital guide to poetry from ancient times to the present\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"[A] fizzing, exhilarating book.\"--Sebastian Faulks, \u003ci\u003eSunday Times, \u003c\/i\u003e London\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Delightful.'\"--\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Poetry is language made special, so that it will be remembered and valued. It does not always work - over the centuries countless thousands of poems have been forgotten. This \u003ci\u003eLittle History\u003c\/i\u003e is about some that have not. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e John Carey tells the stories behind the world's greatest poems, from the oldest surviving one written nearly 4,000 years ago to those being written today. Carey looks at poets whose works shape our view of the world - such as Shakespeare, Whitman and Yeats - and more recent poets like Sylvia Plath, Seamus Heaney, and Marianne Moore who have started to question what makes a poem 'great' in the first place. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eLittle Histories \u003c\/i\u003e- Inspiring Guides for Curious Minds\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/13\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300283426\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320","brand":"John Carey","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45187177382069,"sku":"9780300283426","price":12.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_43eacdb4-72e8-4b91-890b-250b4287cc3b.jpg?v=1742271357","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/a-little-history-of-poetry-9780300283426","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}