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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... living in wait for , ” and he journeyed between terms to visit her in Newark , after sending her a new swatch of poems . He read on the train , as he went and came , a new translation of Henri Berg- son's Creative Evolution : Our own ...
... living in wait for , ” and he journeyed between terms to visit her in Newark , after sending her a new swatch of poems . He read on the train , as he went and came , a new translation of Henri Berg- son's Creative Evolution : Our own ...
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... living quarters . This neatly avoided the problem of living in the suburbs and at the same time put me in more than nodding touch with the heart of a city . . . . Still , I lacked more than the merest trace of a sense of belonging until ...
... living quarters . This neatly avoided the problem of living in the suburbs and at the same time put me in more than nodding touch with the heart of a city . . . . Still , I lacked more than the merest trace of a sense of belonging until ...
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... living poetry , perhaps because for years I had been watching my father lose touch with his gift . I listened to I. A. Richards lecture , with wizard brilliance , on the interactions between poetic state- ment and poetic meaning ; I ...
... living poetry , perhaps because for years I had been watching my father lose touch with his gift . I listened to I. A. Richards lecture , with wizard brilliance , on the interactions between poetic state- ment and poetic meaning ; I ...
Contents
One of the Dangerous Trades | 3 |
The Great Predicament of Poetry | 11 |
The Refuge of the Present Tense | 17 |
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