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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... prose , which is un- metered language , or verse , which is metered language . Any of the genres may be written in either of the modes ; that is to say , there may be prose or verse fiction ; prose or verse drama ; prose or verse essay ; ...
... prose , which is un- metered language , or verse , which is metered language . Any of the genres may be written in either of the modes ; that is to say , there may be prose or verse fiction ; prose or verse drama ; prose or verse essay ; ...
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... prose and poetry ? " There is only one logical answer : " Prose is a mode , and poetry is a genre . " Item : A professor of English literature , an expert on the British poet Ralph Hodgson , knew nothing about " dipodics . " He had ...
... prose and poetry ? " There is only one logical answer : " Prose is a mode , and poetry is a genre . " Item : A professor of English literature , an expert on the British poet Ralph Hodgson , knew nothing about " dipodics . " He had ...
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... prose . " Meanwhile , the scholars and teachers went around trying to justify Whitman's lines as some kind of hybrid metric and , of course , it couldn't be done . If Whitman was the first American to write straightforward prose poetry ...
... prose . " Meanwhile , the scholars and teachers went around trying to justify Whitman's lines as some kind of hybrid metric and , of course , it couldn't be done . If Whitman was the first American to write straightforward prose poetry ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Matriarchy of American Poetry | 16 |
The Good Gray Poet | 36 |
Copyright | |
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