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Quotes from Poetry as Enchantment — Dana Gioia

born 1950 United States

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"Literature has many uses, not all of which occur in a classroom" (20).

Poetry as Enchantment (2015)

"When poetry loses its ability to enchant, it shrinks into what is just an elaborate form of argumentation. When verse casts its particular spell, it becomes the most evocative form of language".

Poetry as Enchantment (2015)

"For thousands of years, poetry was taught badly, and consequently it was immensely popular" (24).

Poetry as Enchantment (2015)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Dana Gioia (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.