For more than 50 years, best-selling Perrine's Sound and Sense: An Introduction to Poetry has provided the ideal introduction to poetry. Packed with exemplary selections, this concise anthology delivers unrivaled coverage of the elements of poetry, unique critical methods on evaluating poetry, and exercises and study questions that guide understanding. Emphasizing how to read, understand, and evaluate poetry, it provides a systematic guide for discovering the true nature of a poem.
About the Author
Laurence Perrine (1915–1995) was a Southern Methodist University professor whose literature textbooks became standard works nationwide. Perrine earned B.A. and M.A. degrees from Oberlin College and a Ph.D. from Yale University. He began his distinguished career as a member of SMU's English faculty in 1946 and was named the Daisy Deane Frensley Professor of English Literature in 1968.
Perrine's works include textbooks on the appreciation of poetry and fiction entitled Sound and Sense and Story and Structure, first published in 1956 and 1959 respectively. Both of these went through many editions during Perrine's lifetime and are still in use in posthumously edited new editions. Sound and Sense was originally developed for use in his poetry class; it became one of the most influential works in modern American education.
