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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... look at me sidewise , preferring me , I imagine , in the role of editor , for as editor I can remain that most desirable of beings , a means to an end . I once asked a poet and friend I intensely admired whether he might want to take a look ...
... look at me sidewise , preferring me , I imagine , in the role of editor , for as editor I can remain that most desirable of beings , a means to an end . I once asked a poet and friend I intensely admired whether he might want to take a look ...
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... look further into Elizabeth Bishop's enrich- ing work . Bishop's life , though not without heartbreak , would not seem at this stage of knowledge to throw more than fitful light on the poetry , and it has so far attracted little ...
... look further into Elizabeth Bishop's enrich- ing work . Bishop's life , though not without heartbreak , would not seem at this stage of knowledge to throw more than fitful light on the poetry , and it has so far attracted little ...
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... Look at me ! ” It is enough for him to steal glimpses of visions as they emerge , to catch them by surprise . This way he induces us to look at nature afresh , to find traces of our own features in the por- traits of ordinary people ...
... Look at me ! ” It is enough for him to steal glimpses of visions as they emerge , to catch them by surprise . This way he induces us to look at nature afresh , to find traces of our own features in the por- traits of ordinary people ...
Contents
One of the Dangerous Trades | 3 |
The Great Predicament of Poetry | 11 |
The Refuge of the Present Tense | 17 |
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