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10 best books like The Poetry Handbook (John Lennard): Defence of Poesie, Astrophil and Stella, and Other Writings, A Writer's Book of Days: A Spirited Companion and Lively Muse for the Writing Life, The Waste Land and Other Writings, The Literary Guide to the Bible, Beowulf and the Fight at Finnsburgh (College), The Wandering Scholars of the Middle Ages, Narratology: Introduction to the Theory of Narrative, Anglo-Saxon Poetry, Lessons from a Lifetime of Writing: A Novelist Looks at His Craft, 4 A.M. Breakthrough: Unconventional Writing Exercises That Transform Your Fiction

Defence of Poesie, Astrophil and Stella, and Other Writings
AuthorPhilip Sidney
ISBN0460876597
One of the boldest flavors of Elizabethan English. There's a great point in the Defence where he declares that, poetic laurels being preeminent, Alexander the Great and Darius feuded merely to decide "who would be cock of this world's dung-hill." A poet and theorist, diplomat and courtier, who also...
A Writer's Book of Days: A Spirited Companion and Lively Muse for the Writing Life
AuthorJudy Reeves
ISBN1577311000
Playwright and editor Judy Reeves has taught writing, led creative writing workshops, and participated in writing groups for years. A Writer’s Book of Days is a compilation of all that she’s learned from getting together to write with other people. She says, “the book came about because I saw...
The Waste Land and Other Writings
AuthorT.S. Eliot
ISBN0375759344
Also includes Prufrock and Other Observations, Poems (1920), and The Sacred Wood
Introduction by Mary Karr
 
First published in 1922, “The Waste Land,” T. S. Eliot’s masterpiece, is not only one of the key works of modernism but also one of the greatest poetic achievements of the...
The Literary Guide to the Bible
AuthorRobert Alter
ISBN0674875311
5. The Literary Guide to the Bible edited by Robert Alter & Frank Kermode
published: 1987
format: 672 page Hardcover
acquired: 2012
read: Jan 2012 – Nov 2015, June 2, 2018 - Jan 23, 2019
time reading: ~50 hr ~4.5 min/page
rating: 4

Contributors: J. P. Fokkelman,...
Beowulf and the Fight at Finnsburgh (College)
AuthorUnknown
ISBN0669212121
Although Tolkien fans will no doubt disagree, Klaeber's Beowulf is undoubtably the most important work on the poem ever produced and after ninety years is still the most authoritative edition of the text.

First published in 1922, one of the most exciting periods in Beowulfian studies and...
The Wandering Scholars of the Middle Ages
AuthorHelen Waddell
ISBN0486414361
This is that strangeness, without which beauty is not made perfect.

This is the wonky cousin of The White Goddess from Robert Graves. Rampant rolls of verse citation seep and suggest all the anxious influence of the ancients, particularly the Irish, who survived the initial pillage from the...
Narratology: Introduction to the Theory of Narrative
AuthorMieke Bal
ISBN0802078060
Since its first publication in English in 1985, Mieke Bal's Narratology has become the international classic and comprehensive introduction to the theory of narrative texts. Narratology is a systematic account of narrative techniques, methods, their transmission, and reception, in which Bal...
Anglo-Saxon Poetry
AuthorS.A.J. Bradley
ISBN0460875078
Anglo–Saxon poetry is esteemed for its subtle artistry and for its wealth of insights into the artistic, social and spiritual preoccupations of the formative first centuries of English literature.

This anthology of prose translations covers most of the poetry surviving in the four major...
Lessons from a Lifetime of Writing: A Novelist Looks at His Craft
AuthorDavid Morrell
ISBN1582972702
Having just finished the first draft of my second novel I did what I always do after a draft: take a little time to consider my craft (and not look at the book). So I pulled this puppy off my stack of books on writing. I've read a lot of such books, and this is one of the better ones in it's category.

They...
4 A.M. Breakthrough: Unconventional Writing Exercises That Transform Your Fiction
AuthorBrian Kiteley
ISBN1582975639
Realize All That Is Possible in Your Fiction

Writers have long turned to exercises for help with beginning—be it a new piece of fiction, a daily routine, or a serious writing life. Behind the theory of exercises is an attitude of curiosity and expectancy, a desire to ask questions of yourself...
Novelist's Essential Guide to Crafting Scenes
AuthorRaymond Obstfeld
ISBN0898799732
Writing page-turning fiction depends on your ability to create rock-solid, believable scenes. Scenes act as dynamic structures that thrust both your characters and readers forward through conflict, baiting them with goals that may–or may not–be obtained. Writing good scenes makes the difference...
Dialogue
AuthorLewis Turco
ISBN0898793491
This was pretty decent.

I thought the book didn't really deliver what it promised on the cover (i.e. "How to get your characters talking to each other in a way that vividly reveals who they are, what they're doing, and what's coming next in your story"), even if it did have some useful information....
Writing Science Fiction & Fantasy
AuthorIsaac Asimov
ISBN0312089260
Do you dream of -

Crossing the galaxies?

Living in the far future?

Entertaining millions with your imagination?

This book can help make those dreams come true!

Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy brings you expert advice on how to craft and market tales...
The Victorian Age in Literature
AuthorG.K. Chesterton
‘I was born a Victorian; and sympathise not a little with the serious Victorian Spirit.’ In this engaging and extremely personal account G K Chesterton expounds his views on Victorian literature. Many of his opinions reflect the conventions of the age; however of the Victorian novel he refreshingly...
A Passion for Narrative: A Guide to Writing Fiction
AuthorJack Hodgins
ISBN0771041985
This book is not intended to persuade you to take up writing novels or short stories.... Nor will it tell you how to market your stories. But it will take you through the problems facing any fiction writer and how some of the best writers in English have solved them. The chapters are clear and comprehensive:...
Emotional Structure: Creating the Story Beneath the Plot: A Guide for Screenwriters
AuthorPeter Dunne
The leap from concept to final draft is great, and the task is filled with hard work and horrors. It is here that most writers struggle to get the plot right at the expense of the story's real power. The result is a script that is logical in every way, yet
unmoving.  Emotional Structure, by Emmy- and...
How to Read a Poem
AuthorTerry Eagleton
ISBN1405151412
Lucid, entertaining and full of insight, How To Read A Poem is designed to banish the intimidation that too often attends the subject of poetry, and in doing so to bring it into the personal possession of the students and the general reader.


Offers a detailed examination of poetic form and...
Armed and Dangerous: A Writer's Guide to Weapons
AuthorMichael Newton
Talk about murder! Inaccurate information about weapons can kill your story before a potential publisher has even finished reading your manuscript. Today’s readers of mysteries, thrillers, Westerns, true crime, police procedurals, and romantic suspense are better informed about weapons...
Myth & the Movies: Discovering the Myth Structure of 50 Unforgettable Films
AuthorStuart Voytilla
ISBN0941188663
کتاب رو تا آخر نخوندم؛ خوشبختانه نیمه که رسیدم فهمیدم سرکاریه! همون طور که احتمالاً می‌دونید، جوزف کمپل، اسطوره‌شناس معروف،‌ ایده‌ای داره با عنوان «سفر...
How to Analyze Fiction
AuthorWilliam Kenney
ISBN0671187465
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A Dash of Style: The Art and Mastery of Punctuation
AuthorNoah Lukeman
ISBN0393329801
The first practical and accessible guide to the art of punctuation for creative writers. Punctuation reveals the writer: haphazard commas, for example, reveal haphazard thinking; clear, lucid breaks reveal clear, lucid thinking. Punctuation can be used to teach the writer how to think and how to...
A Writer's Time: Making the Time to Write
AuthorKenneth Atchity
ISBN0393312631
Expanding his focus now, Kenneth Atchity adds a substantial new chapter, "Breaking into Show Business," and new material about recapturing the "high" of creativity and maintaining confidence despite setbacks. He shows you how to transform anxiety into "productive elation," how to separate vision...
The Art and Craft of Storytelling: A Comprehensive Guide to Classic Writing Techniques
AuthorNancy Lamb
ISBN1582975590
Master the Power of Story.
When you consider the thousands of years of storytelling that comprise our literary tradition, it's easy to feel overwhelmed by the shadow of so many works. But there are common threads that link all stories--from "Beowulf" and "Hamlet" to "Gone With the Wind" and "The...
The Power of Point of View: Make Your Story Come to Life
AuthorAlicia Rasley
ISBN1582975248
Every Character Has a Voice

Point of view isn't just an element of storytelling–when chosen carefully and employed consistently in a work of fiction, it is the foundation of a captivating story.

It's the character voice you can hear as clearly as your own. It's the unique worldview...
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