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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... course not . Our most gifted and original poets do of course find their way back to the past and arm them- selves to reinvent the language and strike out for the future . Obviously there are too few of these , but that has never been ...
... course not . Our most gifted and original poets do of course find their way back to the past and arm them- selves to reinvent the language and strike out for the future . Obviously there are too few of these , but that has never been ...
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... courses and textbooks in American Literature . Since 1945 the de- mand for major writers has increased until , every publishing season , critics pick over each crop with the ... course of his lifetime , the major poet will write more bad 38.
... courses and textbooks in American Literature . Since 1945 the de- mand for major writers has increased until , every publishing season , critics pick over each crop with the ... course of his lifetime , the major poet will write more bad 38.
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... course did . Poetry didn't seem to me - in some ways it still does not to be at home in college , and I have never , then or now , given or taken a course in the writing of poetry . Since my best friends were composers and musicians , I ...
... course did . Poetry didn't seem to me - in some ways it still does not to be at home in college , and I have never , then or now , given or taken a course in the writing of poetry . Since my best friends were composers and musicians , I ...
Contents
One of the Dangerous Trades | 3 |
The Great Predicament of Poetry | 11 |
The Refuge of the Present Tense | 17 |
Copyright | |
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