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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... less intelligent responses of his fellow - freshmen ) , eventually became one of Lowell's teachers . As a poet he had less concern than other poets of his generation in trying to find " his own " voice , but sought for other voices ...
... less intelligent responses of his fellow - freshmen ) , eventually became one of Lowell's teachers . As a poet he had less concern than other poets of his generation in trying to find " his own " voice , but sought for other voices ...
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... less and less amenable to the lithium sulfate he had for so many years depended on for stability , his personal life more and more agonized , as he fathered a child in England by his third wife , Caroline Guinness , yet kept being drawn ...
... less and less amenable to the lithium sulfate he had for so many years depended on for stability , his personal life more and more agonized , as he fathered a child in England by his third wife , Caroline Guinness , yet kept being drawn ...
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... less it has to do with mysticism , the less desirable I find the dictio- nary . The very technological dictionaries will mostly deal with optics , and when they talk about visionaries they'll suggest that visions are a delusion ...
... less it has to do with mysticism , the less desirable I find the dictio- nary . The very technological dictionaries will mostly deal with optics , and when they talk about visionaries they'll suggest that visions are a delusion ...
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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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