Visions and Revisions: Of American Poetry"... not revisions but one thoroughgoing and far-reaching revision -- of the course of American poetry through centuries, as commonly understood. It is polemical but good-humored, lightly and racily written but with passion, deeply serious, discerning and timely". -- Donald Davie |
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... Henderson says , " The breathless vir- tuoso quality of free - rhyming comes from the utilization of a single rhyme sound , the object being to get in as many rhymes as one can . " Though he doesn't intend it , Henderson's is about as ...
... Henderson says , " The breathless vir- tuoso quality of free - rhyming comes from the utilization of a single rhyme sound , the object being to get in as many rhymes as one can . " Though he doesn't intend it , Henderson's is about as ...
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... Henderson makes no claims that Black poets can be more obscure than other kinds of poets . H. “ Worrying the line . ” Henderson says , “ This is the folk ex- pression for the device of altering the pitch of a note in a given passage or ...
... Henderson makes no claims that Black poets can be more obscure than other kinds of poets . H. “ Worrying the line . ” Henderson says , “ This is the folk ex- pression for the device of altering the pitch of a note in a given passage or ...
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... Henderson evi- dently means an emotional response triggered by , in this case , a Black song title . Particular songs and singers carry loads of cul- tural and ethnic associations and overtones for American Blacks . Plainly , though ...
... Henderson evi- dently means an emotional response triggered by , in this case , a Black song title . Particular songs and singers carry loads of cul- tural and ethnic associations and overtones for American Blacks . Plainly , though ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Matriarchy of American Poetry | 16 |
The Good Gray Poet | 36 |
Copyright | |
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