The Poet's Work: 29 Poets on the Origins and Practice of Their Art (Univ of Chicago PR)
Reginald Gibbons
(Editor)
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
Product Details
Price
$40.80
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Publish Date
February 15, 1989
Pages
320
Dimensions
5.7 X 0.7 X 7.76 inches | 0.76 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780226290546
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Reginald Gibbons is professor of English at Northwestern University and the editor of TriQuarterly magazine. He is the author and translator of several books of poetry.