American Writers: A Collection of Literary Biographies. Vachel Lindsay to Elinor Wylie. supplement I.. part 2Contains biographical and critical essays on the work of important American writers. Presents scholar-signed essays prepared by experts in the field. |
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... poetic state- ments - major poets have always , in fact , wanted to say something . Here , it seems to me , chronology is useful in examining Bishop's work . But before I talk about the kind of develop- ments I'm especially interested ...
... poetic state- ments - major poets have always , in fact , wanted to say something . Here , it seems to me , chronology is useful in examining Bishop's work . But before I talk about the kind of develop- ments I'm especially interested ...
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... poet of nature who found in the commonplace things of the natural world a source for reflection , critics often have ... poetic masters from whom the young man quickly established his independence . Bryant was no imitator . Whatever he ...
... poet of nature who found in the commonplace things of the natural world a source for reflection , critics often have ... poetic masters from whom the young man quickly established his independence . Bryant was no imitator . Whatever he ...
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... poetic vision is fundamentally religious , it is not the evangelical Christianity of Cowper ; if he maintains a ... poets who had made it an effective vehicle for con- templative poetry , his own blank verse does not resemble theirs in ...
... poetic vision is fundamentally religious , it is not the evangelical Christianity of Cowper ; if he maintains a ... poets who had made it an effective vehicle for con- templative poetry , his own blank verse does not resemble theirs in ...
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