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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... sense of humor and also , as I remember , a sense of proportion , which is not something one always finds among aca- demics . He understood what some scholars can't or won't — that these poems we read are not merely historical documents ...
... sense of humor and also , as I remember , a sense of proportion , which is not something one always finds among aca- demics . He understood what some scholars can't or won't — that these poems we read are not merely historical documents ...
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... sense and memory . ' Twas heavy then to hear thy voice of moan , But this is worse , that thou are speechless grown . Thou has forgot thy name , thou hadst ; thou wast Nothing but she , and her thou has o'erpast . That sense of outrage ...
... sense and memory . ' Twas heavy then to hear thy voice of moan , But this is worse , that thou are speechless grown . Thou has forgot thy name , thou hadst ; thou wast Nothing but she , and her thou has o'erpast . That sense of outrage ...
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... senses He ascends a finer dimension of event , newly evolved the long horizons unknown till now . He is transformed ... sense is clear , and it can happen that one's horizons do expand . At the very least , I am better equipped to under ...
... senses He ascends a finer dimension of event , newly evolved the long horizons unknown till now . He is transformed ... sense is clear , and it can happen that one's horizons do expand . At the very least , I am better equipped to under ...
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