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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... less extravagant but which still didn't pass muster with the poet . ) That talent Fitts had for witty deflation is ... less and less clearly with distance and time . If delight the bells give , always becoming , is 20 RE VERSE.
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... less inured . But to have a dead friend's work rejected is more burdensome , more annoying and offensive . I tried various places and was dismayed to find out that , even among university presses , there is a kind of commercial instinct ...
... less inured . But to have a dead friend's work rejected is more burdensome , more annoying and offensive . I tried various places and was dismayed to find out that , even among university presses , there is a kind of commercial instinct ...
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... less than robust in the way it promoted and sold books . Elman moved on to Macmillan with a Robert Harmon sequel set in his familiar Nicaragua , The Menu Cypher , but the jokes are less fresh , and the anger has made the humor even more ...
... less than robust in the way it promoted and sold books . Elman moved on to Macmillan with a Robert Harmon sequel set in his familiar Nicaragua , The Menu Cypher , but the jokes are less fresh , and the anger has made the humor even more ...
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