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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Page 23
... theory are laid aside , the bedrock is this : if one knows how he is writing something , he is a mechanic , but if one proceeds by intuition , he is pure of heart , a true Poet . The manner doesn't matter , only that the matter isn't ...
... theory are laid aside , the bedrock is this : if one knows how he is writing something , he is a mechanic , but if one proceeds by intuition , he is pure of heart , a true Poet . The manner doesn't matter , only that the matter isn't ...
Page 90
... theory behind abstract art has more in common with the theories of music composition ( O'Hara was educated at Harvard as a musician and composer ) and musical syntax ( at Harvard O'Hara also began to write poems ) than with traditional ...
... theory behind abstract art has more in common with the theories of music composition ( O'Hara was educated at Harvard as a musician and composer ) and musical syntax ( at Harvard O'Hara also began to write poems ) than with traditional ...
Page 106
... theory and practice of . . . of what ? There wasn't even a satisfactory name for the kinds of poetry we were gathering and talking about , and still isn't . Some people said ' Free verse ' and others said ' Organic Poetry ' ( and a few ...
... theory and practice of . . . of what ? There wasn't even a satisfactory name for the kinds of poetry we were gathering and talking about , and still isn't . Some people said ' Free verse ' and others said ' Organic Poetry ' ( and a few ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Matriarchy of American Poetry | 16 |
The Good Gray Poet | 36 |
Copyright | |
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