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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... body and connects the poet with the world outside . Dickey's atavistic vision is like an echo , taking on shapes that shift into one another imperceptibly , unpredictably , mysti- cally , as in " Inside the River " : Break this . Step ...
... body and connects the poet with the world outside . Dickey's atavistic vision is like an echo , taking on shapes that shift into one another imperceptibly , unpredictably , mysti- cally , as in " Inside the River " : Break this . Step ...
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... body of readers who then decide that that was poetry , and anything that comes after it cannot be . So the new poet who follows the old must recreate the language for himself every time be be- gins . He must even recreate himself as a ...
... body of readers who then decide that that was poetry , and anything that comes after it cannot be . So the new poet who follows the old must recreate the language for himself every time be be- gins . He must even recreate himself as a ...
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... body . " Only in my flesh shall I see God ” —it's a great moment in the Book of Job : " For I know that my redeemer liveth , and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth : and though after my skin worms destroy this body ...
... body . " Only in my flesh shall I see God ” —it's a great moment in the Book of Job : " For I know that my redeemer liveth , and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth : and though after my skin worms destroy this body ...
Contents
One of the Dangerous Trades | 3 |
The Great Predicament of Poetry | 11 |
The Refuge of the Present Tense | 17 |
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