The Poet and the PoemA discussion of the poet's inherent attitudes, the more technical matters of verse writing, and the application of principles to actual practice. |
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... American poetry - from Poe and Whitman on , as the barbarian attempts to demonstrate he's " edicated " in spite of hell . Pound , among other things , is the world's worst pedant , and the rough - talk of the Beats is splattered with ...
... American poetry - from Poe and Whitman on , as the barbarian attempts to demonstrate he's " edicated " in spite of hell . Pound , among other things , is the world's worst pedant , and the rough - talk of the Beats is splattered with ...
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... American poetry . As I implied earlier , there have been no major poets ( as one may judge today ) to emerge except those born before 1900. Another generation of poets born before or dur- ing the first World War has established itself ...
... American poetry . As I implied earlier , there have been no major poets ( as one may judge today ) to emerge except those born before 1900. Another generation of poets born before or dur- ing the first World War has established itself ...
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... American Poetry : 1945-1960 . There had been developing for some time a New Dichotomy , between the Academics and All the Rest , chiefly Beats , and this anthology collected everyone ( except Kenneth Rexroth and Kenneth Patch- en ) who ...
... American Poetry : 1945-1960 . There had been developing for some time a New Dichotomy , between the Academics and All the Rest , chiefly Beats , and this anthology collected everyone ( except Kenneth Rexroth and Kenneth Patch- en ) who ...
Contents
FOOTHILLS OF PARNASSUSOR WHY BOTHER? | 14 |
Six Senses of the Poet | 20 |
Pole Vaulting Does Not Require an Individual Style | 34 |
Copyright | |
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