One kind of everything

By Dan Chiasson

Subjects: American poetry, history and criticism, 20th century, Autobiography in literature, Nonfiction, Self in literature, Literary Criticism, History and criticism, American poetry

Description: Taking on one of the most crucial issues in American poetry of the last fifty years, celebrated poet Dan Chiasson explores what is lost or gained when real-life experiences are made part of the subject matter and source material for poetry. One Kind of Everything elucidates the uses of autobiographical fact and constructions of personhood in American poetry since World War II, with helpful reference to American literature in general since Emerson.