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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... death was the sadder , " Lowell wrote later , in comparison with Berryman's . “ If it hadn't happened , it wouldn't have happened . " Both Lowell and Berryman wrote them obituaries . “ Honest and cruel , peace now to his soul , " wrote ...
... death was the sadder , " Lowell wrote later , in comparison with Berryman's . “ If it hadn't happened , it wouldn't have happened . " Both Lowell and Berryman wrote them obituaries . “ Honest and cruel , peace now to his soul , " wrote ...
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... death was , like almost all suicides , unnecessary . It is reasonable to think that Plath might have agreed , had she survived her last " accident . " There was no more need for her death to take place than there was a need for the ...
... death was , like almost all suicides , unnecessary . It is reasonable to think that Plath might have agreed , had she survived her last " accident . " There was no more need for her death to take place than there was a need for the ...
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... death in February . Jane and I stared at one another after reading The Bell Jar later in the spring . Both Jane and Sylvia had lost their fathers and had been sent to Smith College by widowed moth- ers ( both of whom outlived their ...
... death in February . Jane and I stared at one another after reading The Bell Jar later in the spring . Both Jane and Sylvia had lost their fathers and had been sent to Smith College by widowed moth- ers ( both of whom outlived their ...
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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