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The Cambridge Introduction to modernist poetry The Cambridge Introduction to modernist poetry Howarth, Peter "Modernist poems are some of the twentieth-century's major cultural achievements, but they are also hard work to read. This wide-ranging introduction takes readers through modernism's most famous poe… OL16134650W
Dear editor Dear editor Stephen Young,Joseph Parisi "Poignant, hilarious, and brutally frank, Dear Editor reveals the personalities and untold stories behind the creation of modern poetry.". "Founded in 1912, Poetry became famous immediately by print… OL17999152W
Coming of age as a poet Coming of age as a poet Helen Hennessy Vendler "To find a personal style is, for a writer, to become adult; and to write one's first "perfect" poem - a poem that wholly and successfully embodies that style - is to come of age as a poet. By lookin… OL1851117W
Politics and form in postmodern poetry Politics and form in postmodern poetry Mutlu Konuk Blasing Approaching post-World War II poetry from a postmodern critical perspective, this study challenges the prevailing assumption that experimental forms signify political opposition while traditional for… OL19816697W
On Elizabeth Bishop On Elizabeth Bishop Colm Tóibín "In this book, novelist Colm Tóibín offers a deeply personal introduction to the work and life of one of his most important literary influences--the American poet Elizabeth Bishop. Ranging across her… OL19996802W
The whiskey of our discontent The whiskey of our discontent Sonia Sanchez,Quraysh Ali Lansana,Georgia A. Popoff xx, 228 pages : 23 cm OL20058189W
John Ashbery and American poetry John Ashbery and American poetry Herd, David. viii,245p. ; 24 cm OL222004W
The state of the art The state of the art David Lehman "The acclaimed annual, The Best American Poetry, is the most prestigious showcase of new poetry in the United States and Canada. Each year since the series began in 1988, David Lehman has contributed… OL22314014W
Mary Barnard, American Imagist Mary Barnard, American Imagist Sarah Barnsley "Uncovers a new chapter in the story of American modernist poetry"--Provided by publisher. OL22643828W
Stein, Bishop & Rich Stein, Bishop & Rich Margaret Dickie In an insightful and provocative juxtaposition, Margaret Dickie examines the poetry of three preeminent women writers--Gertrude Stein, Elizabeth Bishop, and Adrienne Rich--investigating the ways in w… OL3252992W
What lips my lips have kissed What lips my lips have kissed Daniel Mark Epstein "This is the story of a rare sort of American genius, a young girl from Camden, Maine, who used her pen as a key to open doors to the wider world. Raised in a female, theatrics-loving household, the … OL3751884W
West of the American dream West of the American dream Paul Christensen "Like many a pioneer exiting the eastern forests, Paul Christensen felt the strangeness of an alien landscape when he first arrived in Texas in 1974. Schooled in the cool colors of life and poetry in… OL4614688W
Democracy, culture, and the voice of poetry Democracy, culture, and the voice of poetry Robert Pinsky "The place of poetry in modern democracy is no place, according to conventional wisdom. The poet, we hear, is a casualty of mass entertainment and prosaic public culture, banished to the artistic sid… OL482940W
Poetry in the museums of modernism Poetry in the museums of modernism Catherine E. Paul "Poetry in the Museums of Modernism explores the relationships among four modernist poets and the museums that helped shape their writing. During the early twentieth century, museums were trying to r… OL5951752W
One kind of everything One kind of everything Dan Chiasson 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 subje… OL5952076W
American Poets of the 20th Century American Poets of the 20th Century Mary Ellen Snodgrass This literary companion carries you into the lives and poetic lines of 41 of America's most admired poets from the last century. From popular favorites such as Robert Frost and Carl Sandburg to the m… OL6046022W
Ezra Pound's (Post) Modern Poetics and Politics: Logocentrism, Language, and Truth (Studies in Lite… Ezra Pound's (Post) Modern Poetics and Politics: Logocentrism, Language, and Truth (Studies in Lite… Roxana Preda "Ezra Pound, the poet called "the contemporary of our grandchildren," has exercised enormous influence on the development of American poetry and criticism. This impact on the world of letters is only… OL7795868W
Holding patterns Holding patterns Daniel Matthew McGuiness "Holding Patterns provides a sympathetic criticism of poems, one that avoids the appliance of criticism and that self-consciously persists in close readings of texts as the directing force of its arg… OL7797626W
The terror of our days The terror of our days Harriet L. Parmet "The Holocaust remains incomprehensible to the world at large and without a compelling claim on most people's lives. By contrast the term "Holocaust" occupies a central place in Jewish vocabulary, an… OL7798286W
Giving Their Word Giving Their Word Steven Ratiner "Based on a three-year series of interviews conducted by Steven Ratiner for the Christian Science Monitor, this book offers extended conversations with twelve of today's most influential poets. Publi… OL8855538W
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