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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... friends are interested in me . I have been a performer , I think , in order to attract and beguile acquaintances into friendship and to ap- pease friends into continuing their toleration of a personality I might not put up with myself ...
... friends are interested in me . I have been a performer , I think , in order to attract and beguile acquaintances into friendship and to ap- pease friends into continuing their toleration of a personality I might not put up with myself ...
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... friends is probably darker than I realized . I thought he was being clubby and engagingly aloof as he put his audience at arm's length , albeit with a civil smile . What I realized later on was that " a few friends " would almost ...
... friends is probably darker than I realized . I thought he was being clubby and engagingly aloof as he put his audience at arm's length , albeit with a civil smile . What I realized later on was that " a few friends " would almost ...
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... friends called him " Red , " but that seemed presumptuous . So I asked her to " give Robert my warmest regards , " and she corrected me , sharply I thought : " Red . His friends call him Red . " Of course , as I realized a few seconds ...
... friends called him " Red , " but that seemed presumptuous . So I asked her to " give Robert my warmest regards , " and she corrected me , sharply I thought : " Red . His friends call him Red . " Of course , as I realized a few seconds ...
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