Eric Purchase is a professional writer for Gartner, Inc., a research and advisory firm, and an independent scholar. Previously he taught writing and literature for a dozen years at various universities. He holds a Ph.D. in comparative literature from the University of Connecticut. His previous books include Out of Nowhere (1999) and The Future of Reading (2019).

• PrefaceAcknowledgmentsPart I: The Experience of Modern VerseChapter 1: Reading as an Experience of the PsycheChapter 2: Reading as an Experience of the BodyPart II: The Psychoactive Mechanisms of Modern VerseChapter 3: PolyphonyChapter 4: Aural ImagesChapter 5: MovementPart III: The Value of Experiencing Modern VerseChapter 6: An Earth of ValueAfterword: Teaching the Experience of Modern Verse

Eric Purchase is a professional writer for Gartner, Inc., a research and advisory firm, and an independent scholar. Previously he taught writing and literature for a dozen years at various universities. He holds a Ph.D. in comparative literature from the University of Connecticut. His previous books include Out of Nowhere (1999) and The Future of Reading (2019).

• PrefaceAcknowledgmentsPart I: The Experience of Modern VerseChapter 1: Reading as an Experience of the PsycheChapter 2: Reading as an Experience of the BodyPart II: The Psychoactive Mechanisms of Modern VerseChapter 3: PolyphonyChapter 4: Aural ImagesChapter 5: MovementPart III: The Value of Experiencing Modern VerseChapter 6: An Earth of ValueAfterword: Teaching the Experience of Modern Verse

Eric Purchase is a professional writer for Gartner, Inc., a research and advisory firm, and an independent scholar. Previously he taught writing and literature for a dozen years at various universities. He holds a Ph.D. in comparative literature from the University of Connecticut. His previous books include Out of Nowhere (1999) and The Future of Reading (2019).

• PrefaceAcknowledgmentsPart I: The Experience of Modern VerseChapter 1: Reading as an Experience of the PsycheChapter 2: Reading as an Experience of the BodyPart II: The Psychoactive Mechanisms of Modern VerseChapter 3: PolyphonyChapter 4: Aural ImagesChapter 5: MovementPart III: The Value of Experiencing Modern VerseChapter 6: An Earth of ValueAfterword: Teaching the Experience of Modern Verse