TY - BOOK AU - David Spurr PY - 2021 CY - Lausanne, Switzerland PB - Peter Lang Verlag TI - The Consolation of Poetry T2 - Ten Lessons on Life and Death N2 - How can poetry help us live our lives? From Shakespeare’s time to the present, poets have faced the questions of love, discovery, centering, parting, forgiveness, and our common, mortal destination. They have much to say to us, and they say it well. This is a book for the general reader who seeks solace and inspiration in the words poets have left us. LA - English ER -