| The Poet's Work: 29 Poets on the Origins and Practice of Their Art Univ of Chicago Edition Contributor(s): Gibbons, Reginald (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0226290549 ISBN-13: 9780226290546 Publisher: University of Chicago Press OUR PRICE: $33.66 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 1989 Annotation: "This anthology brings together essays by 20th-century poets on their own art: some concern themselves with its deep sources and ultimate justifications; others deal with technique, controversies among schools, the experience behind particular poems. The great Modernists of most countries are presented here--Paul Valery, Federico Garcia Lorca, Boris Pasternak, Fernando Pessoa, Eugenio Montale, Wallace Stevens--as are a range of younger, less eminent figures from the English-speaking world: Seamus Heaney, Denise Levertov, Wendell Berry. . . . The reader will find here a lively debate over the individualistic and the communal ends served by poetry, and over other issues that divide poets: inspiration and craft; the use or the condemnation of science; traditional and 'organic' form."--Alan Williamson, "New York Times Book Review " |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Poetry - Poetry |
| Dewey: 801.951 |
| LCCN: 88027772 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.7" W x 7.76" (0.76 lbs) 320 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This anthology brings together essays by 20th-century poets on their own art: some concern themselves with its deep sources and ultimate justifications; others deal with technique, controversies among schools, the experience behind particular poems. The great Modernists of most countries are presented here--Paul Valéry, Federico García Lorca, Boris Pasternak, Fernando Pessoa, Eugenio Montale, Wallace Stevens--as are a range of younger, less eminent figures from the English-speaking world: Seamus Heaney, Denise Levertov, Wendell Berry. . . . The reader will find here a lively debate over the individualistic and the communal ends served by poetry, and over other issues that divide poets: inspiration and craft; the use or the condemnation of science; traditional and 'organic' form.--Alan Williamson, New York Times Book Review |
Contributor Bio(s): Gibbons, Reginald: - Reginald Gibbons is a Frances Hooper Professor of Arts and Humanities at Northwestern University. |