{"product_id":"2026200015841-secondhand-the-cave-and-the-spring-essays-on-poetry","title":"The Cave And The Spring: Essays On Poetry","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Worn\/faded, no tears\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat does it mean to write poetry — and more importantly, what does it mean to read it well? In The Cave and the Spring: Essays on Poetry, celebrated Australian poet and critic A. D. Hope presents a masterful collection of critical essays that argue passionately for poetry as a living, indispensable art form, examining its traditions, its craft, and its singular power to illuminate human experience.\n\nHope writes with the authority of a practitioner and the rigour of a scholar, dissecting the nature of poetic form, the relationship between meaning and music, and the responsibilities of the poet to both language and audience. His prose is precise, elegant, and charged with conviction, drawing on a vast range of classical and modern examples to construct a coherent and challenging vision of what great poetry demands. For anyone who believes that poetry matters — or who suspects it should — this collection poses the question: are you truly listening?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49203267502299,"sku":"2026200015841-SECONDHAND","price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/a95941a1-4bce-45b9-86bd-b3ab2fa476ff.png?v=1788147020","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200015841-secondhand-the-cave-and-the-spring-essays-on-poetry","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}