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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... reader , I may assume he is interested in reading about himself . Which of us is not ? " That old notebook turned up , as these things will , when I was hunt- ing for something else in my study . A different room , a different life , a ...
... reader , I may assume he is interested in reading about himself . Which of us is not ? " That old notebook turned up , as these things will , when I was hunt- ing for something else in my study . A different room , a different life , a ...
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... reader but even to the reader with a great fund of information — if that fund happens to dif- fer from that of the poet . " At first blush , Fitts ' poetry seems to have no message ; it seems to be sheer technique , and , although we ...
... reader but even to the reader with a great fund of information — if that fund happens to dif- fer from that of the poet . " At first blush , Fitts ' poetry seems to have no message ; it seems to be sheer technique , and , although we ...
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... reader and prevent fatigue . The slug was a way of breaking up a column of text that might otherwise present too imposing an obstacle , with all those words , one after another ! Here , let us congratulate you with a little joke , a ...
... reader and prevent fatigue . The slug was a way of breaking up a column of text that might otherwise present too imposing an obstacle , with all those words , one after another ! Here , let us congratulate you with a little joke , a ...
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