One of the Dangerous Trades: Essays on the Work and Workings of PoetryAn examination of the poet's place in society as seen by a poet who is also a publisher. |
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... began to break free and also to establish a reputation . He now opened up and exploited the possibilities of narrative - poetic narrative , not mere narrative in verse . Moreover , his liberation seemed to be accompanied by a liberation ...
... began to break free and also to establish a reputation . He now opened up and exploited the possibilities of narrative - poetic narrative , not mere narrative in verse . Moreover , his liberation seemed to be accompanied by a liberation ...
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... began to creak after 1968 , a year in which a whole series of deaths at The Atlantic and in my family and among older friends ( to say nothing of Martin Luther King , Jr. , and Robert Kennedy ) began to undermine the convictions of ...
... began to creak after 1968 , a year in which a whole series of deaths at The Atlantic and in my family and among older friends ( to say nothing of Martin Luther King , Jr. , and Robert Kennedy ) began to undermine the convictions of ...
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... began fastening on a tree , a rock , a field , a tidal creek , a bird , and endowing these " natural things " with sacramental importance . I shall not take / My bodily shape from any natural thing , indeed ! In 1974 I pressed this ...
... began fastening on a tree , a rock , a field , a tidal creek , a bird , and endowing these " natural things " with sacramental importance . I shall not take / My bodily shape from any natural thing , indeed ! In 1974 I pressed this ...
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One of the Dangerous Trades | 3 |
The Great Predicament of Poetry | 11 |
The Refuge of the Present Tense | 17 |
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