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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... Perhaps more signifi- cant , unlike most of the major American poets born in the nineteenth century , Roethke had been a teacher , and a de- voted one , the first of the great writing teachers , at Lafayette , Penn State , Bennington ...
... Perhaps more signifi- cant , unlike most of the major American poets born in the nineteenth century , Roethke had been a teacher , and a de- voted one , the first of the great writing teachers , at Lafayette , Penn State , Bennington ...
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... perhaps the last — to earn his fortune as a serious poet . He manipulated the publishing machinery of his time , seeing to it that his letters were pub- lished during his lifetime but seemingly without his instiga- tion , and that his ...
... perhaps the last — to earn his fortune as a serious poet . He manipulated the publishing machinery of his time , seeing to it that his letters were pub- lished during his lifetime but seemingly without his instiga- tion , and that his ...
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... perhaps libel these letters give signs of having been carefully pruned for publication ( perhaps for the same reasons , there is no badly needed in- dex ) , they stress the ties that bound Sylvia Plath to life . In the end such ties and ...
... perhaps libel these letters give signs of having been carefully pruned for publication ( perhaps for the same reasons , there is no badly needed in- dex ) , they stress the ties that bound Sylvia Plath to life . In the end such ties and ...
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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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