The Poet's Work: 29 Poets on the Origins and Practice of Their Art [Paperback]

Reginald Gibbons (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0226290549 | ISBN-13: 978-0226290546 | Publication Date: February 15, 1989 | Edition: Reprinted edition

"This anthology brings together essays by 20th-century poets on their own art: some concern themselves with its deep sources and ultimate justifications; others deal with technique, controversies among schools, the experience behind particular poems. The great Modernists of most countries are presented here—Paul Valéry, Federico García Lorca, Boris Pasternak, Fernando Pessoa, Eugenio Montale, Wallace Stevens—as are a range of younger, less eminent figures from the English-speaking world: Seamus Heaney, Denise Levertov, Wendell Berry. . . . The reader will find here a lively debate over the individualistic and the communal ends served by poetry, and over other issues that divide poets: inspiration and craft; the use or the condemnation of science; traditional and 'organic' form."—Alan Williamson, New York Times Book Review

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About the Author

Reginald Gibbons is professor of English at Northwestern University and the editor of TriQuarterly magazine. He is the author and translator of several books of poetry.

Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press; Reprinted edition edition (February 15, 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0226290549
• ISBN-13: 978-0226290546
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,104,636 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)