The strength of poetry
1st American ed.
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Author
Publication
2001 - Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
66,500 words, Guess
Page Count
266 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL6800250M
- ISBN-100374228450
- OCLC Control Number46978505
- Internet Archivestrengthofpoetry0000fent
- Library of Congress Control Number00110997
and 2 more
- LibraryThing309404
- Goodreads1227774
Classifications
- DDC821/.9109
- LCCPR601 .F46 2001b
- LCCPR601.F46 2001b
Description
"Why should a poet feel the need to be original? How does genius apprentice itself? What connections exist between bad thinking and bad verse, or good verse and bad politics? In these sharp-eyed critiques and appreciations of the essential poets of our time, Whitbread Prize-winner James Fenton examines some of the most intriguing questions behind the making of poetry - questions of creativity and the "earning" of success, of judgment, tutorage, rivalry, and ambition." "In these lectures, many of which appeared in The New York Review of Books, Fenton makes sense of the last century in poetry, and he explores its antecedents and legacies with the lucidity, wit, and gusto that have made him famous."--BOOK JACKET.
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Series Statement
- Oxford lectures
- Oxford lectures (New York, N.Y.)
Other Editions
- The strength of poetry
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