Re Verse: Essays on Poetry and PoetsNorthwestern University Press, 4.11.2005 - 224 sivua David R. Slavitt will tell you that he does not believe in literary criticism so much as in "remarks," which are more portable and, often, more enlightening. In this witty and unusual work, he remarks upon the life of a poet in the second half of the twentieth century, how it was--and how it is--to be an American writer. Combining personal reminiscence with deft literary analysis, incisive biographical sketches, and, sometimes, literary gossip, these essays give new perspectives on the famous--such as Harold Bloom, Robert Penn Warren, Robert Frost, and Stephen Spender--and recover the charms of the near-forgotten--such as Dudley Fitts, Winfield Townley Scott, Merrill Moore and John Hall Wheelock. Slavitt writes with self-deprecating humor of his own literary education, and uses his impressive experience and erudition to illuminate the whims of poetic influence, passion, and reputation. With a refreshing honesty and considerable poise, he gives readers an enlightening view of the vast and ever-changing literary universe. |
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... FLOWERS All over America railroads ride through roses . I should explain this is thoroughly a matter of fact . Wherever sandy earth is piled to make a road for train tracks The banks on either side are covered with wild , sweet Pink ...
... FLOWERS All over America railroads ride through roses . I should explain this is thoroughly a matter of fact . Wherever sandy earth is piled to make a road for train tracks The banks on either side are covered with wild , sweet Pink ...
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... flower , depending for its survival on faculty members like Richard Sewall and Paul Weiss and a few others who were so secure in their eminence that they could afford to be interested in education . That program had started after World ...
... flower , depending for its survival on faculty members like Richard Sewall and Paul Weiss and a few others who were so secure in their eminence that they could afford to be interested in education . That program had started after World ...
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... flower arranging , under the title Ariel and the Flowers of Our Climate . " What this is , actually , is a kind of compliment . Lentricchia , a pro- fessor at Duke - where he swam in the tank with Stanley , the big Fish - has been ...
... flower arranging , under the title Ariel and the Flowers of Our Climate . " What this is , actually , is a kind of compliment . Lentricchia , a pro- fessor at Duke - where he swam in the tank with Stanley , the big Fish - has been ...
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