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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... moved but then lose interest and even patience . Never mind . It doesn't matter much . RI couldn't have put it any better , myself . Still , we miss her , admittedly less each day as the expectation of her nimble lighting on the foot of ...
... moved but then lose interest and even patience . Never mind . It doesn't matter much . RI couldn't have put it any better , myself . Still , we miss her , admittedly less each day as the expectation of her nimble lighting on the foot of ...
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... moved on to talk of poetry or old pewter , but there is no changing of subject at seventy - three , and all the time he talked in one gentle tone of the various guises of the one same thing that a man must learn to gaze at , more and ...
... moved on to talk of poetry or old pewter , but there is no changing of subject at seventy - three , and all the time he talked in one gentle tone of the various guises of the one same thing that a man must learn to gaze at , more and ...
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... 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 bitter than in the first go- round . This anger was quite ...
... 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 bitter than in the first go- round . This anger was quite ...
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