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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... language , which it cannot overcome by its own devices , makes the poet discover similarity , similes disguised , declaring it is , it is , it IS . Hill approaches the conclusion of his title poem , " Tenebrae , " with just such an ...
... language , which it cannot overcome by its own devices , makes the poet discover similarity , similes disguised , declaring it is , it is , it IS . Hill approaches the conclusion of his title poem , " Tenebrae , " with just such an ...
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... language - my language ? If my lan- guage is inadequate to my experience , must certain realms of experience pass forever into darkness for me ? This dilemma , as perhaps in the case of Conrad Aiken , sometimes works itself into the ...
... language - my language ? If my lan- guage is inadequate to my experience , must certain realms of experience pass forever into darkness for me ? This dilemma , as perhaps in the case of Conrad Aiken , sometimes works itself into the ...
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... language of the King James Bible . Because of the glimmering language I could never ac- knowledge with equal allegiance my Jewish side , even though by Jewish law I will always be regarded as a Jew . To be Jewish is not a matter of ...
... language of the King James Bible . Because of the glimmering language I could never ac- knowledge with equal allegiance my Jewish side , even though by Jewish law I will always be regarded as a Jew . To be Jewish is not a matter of ...
Contents
One of the Dangerous Trades | 3 |
The Great Predicament of Poetry | 11 |
The Refuge of the Present Tense | 17 |
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