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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... poetry as I had always perceived it and the way things were in actuality . Waggoner's book cleared up many of my mazle- ments . It made me see much about poetry starkly for the first time , and it helped me to understand myself better ...
... poetry as I had always perceived it and the way things were in actuality . Waggoner's book cleared up many of my mazle- ments . It made me see much about poetry starkly for the first time , and it helped me to understand myself better ...
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... poetic respectability . Since when has poetry been “ respectable ” ? England didn't institutional- ize its Romantics because they were respectable . In America poetry is a matriarchal institution in every sense of the word , including ...
... poetic respectability . Since when has poetry been “ respectable ” ? England didn't institutional- ize its Romantics because they were respectable . In America poetry is a matriarchal institution in every sense of the word , including ...
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Of American Poetry Lewis Turco. New Bearings in English Poetry . See LEAVIS , F. R. New Criticism , The , 31 , 83 , 85 , 101 , 110-111 , 129 , 134 , 142 ff . , 145 New Naked Poetry , The . See BERG , Stephen Oates , Joyce Carol , 66 O ...
Of American Poetry Lewis Turco. New Bearings in English Poetry . See LEAVIS , F. R. New Criticism , The , 31 , 83 , 85 , 101 , 110-111 , 129 , 134 , 142 ff . , 145 New Naked Poetry , The . See BERG , Stephen Oates , Joyce Carol , 66 O ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Matriarchy of American Poetry | 16 |
The Good Gray Poet | 36 |
Copyright | |
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