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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... seems not to have entered into his consideration at all . Moreover , Bodman lived all his life in the re- mote western hills of Massachusetts and does not appear to have had contact with many outsiders other than itinerant evangelists ...
... seems not to have entered into his consideration at all . Moreover , Bodman lived all his life in the re- mote western hills of Massachusetts and does not appear to have had contact with many outsiders other than itinerant evangelists ...
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... seems able to define . Although poets have been writing poems in a thousand different ways for centuries , no teacher seems ca- pable of explaining simply what is to be seen on the page . As a result , teachers try to jam everything ...
... seems able to define . Although poets have been writing poems in a thousand different ways for centuries , no teacher seems ca- pable of explaining simply what is to be seen on the page . As a result , teachers try to jam everything ...
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... seems a spectral power in thought that walks alone . I find ecstasy in living - the mere sense of life is joy enough . The chestnut hit my notice suddenly , and I thought the skies in blossom ! There is a great deal here to consider ...
... seems a spectral power in thought that walks alone . I find ecstasy in living - the mere sense of life is joy enough . The chestnut hit my notice suddenly , and I thought the skies in blossom ! There is a great deal here to consider ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Matriarchy of American Poetry | 16 |
The Good Gray Poet | 36 |
Copyright | |
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