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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... happened yet , but the constraints against which they were rebelling were already bur- densome . And it was reassuring for me to see and hear this large , confident man with whom Fitts , constrained to the point of utter si- lence , was ...
... happened yet , but the constraints against which they were rebelling were already bur- densome . And it was reassuring for me to see and hear this large , confident man with whom Fitts , constrained to the point of utter si- lence , was ...
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... happened , they didn't help him much . He and Eleanor moved to Santa Fe , where the constraints of New England Puri- tanism were less oppressive and traditional gender roles could be ignored . Donaldson cites a letter of Scott's that ...
... happened , they didn't help him much . He and Eleanor moved to Santa Fe , where the constraints of New England Puri- tanism were less oppressive and traditional gender roles could be ignored . Donaldson cites a letter of Scott's that ...
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... happened first . Excess , whether of pleasure or pain beggars belief so that lovers and mourners rub their eyes in similar ways , trying to take in the thought along with the image . One needs both . On the KLH radio my mother kept on ...
... happened first . Excess , whether of pleasure or pain beggars belief so that lovers and mourners rub their eyes in similar ways , trying to take in the thought along with the image . One needs both . On the KLH radio my mother kept on ...
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