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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... perhaps with a sense of disappointment in not discovering more vatic or Pla- tonic spirit behind this Puritan matter , " other parts of the poem introduce themes and images that have continued to engage our poets through several ...
... perhaps with a sense of disappointment in not discovering more vatic or Pla- tonic spirit behind this Puritan matter , " other parts of the poem introduce themes and images that have continued to engage our poets through several ...
Page 63
... perhaps it is too much to ask that a poet throw over completely the burden of tradition that weighs upon his era , although there are those who have done it , including another novelist - poet of the period , Ste- phen Crane . Melville ...
... perhaps it is too much to ask that a poet throw over completely the burden of tradition that weighs upon his era , although there are those who have done it , including another novelist - poet of the period , Ste- phen Crane . Melville ...
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... perhaps in most danger of succumbing to the reptile in themselves . Perhaps there is good reason for our equating the rep- tile with evil . But denying evil will not eliminate it ; indeed , the reptile loves to be ignored until it can ...
... perhaps in most danger of succumbing to the reptile in themselves . Perhaps there is good reason for our equating the rep- tile with evil . But denying evil will not eliminate it ; indeed , the reptile loves to be ignored until it can ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Matriarchy of American Poetry | 16 |
The Good Gray Poet | 36 |
Copyright | |
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