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Re Verse: Essays on Poetry and Poets

By David R. Slavitt

Book information

Publisher
Northwestern University Press
Year
2005
ISBN
0810120844, 9780810120846, 9780810162372
LCC
PS323.5 .S58 2005
Open Library ID
OL3399711M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
721 kB (738123 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
224\225
Topic
Literature Poetry
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-04-11 19:55:47

Description

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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