Classic Writtings on Poetry
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1st ed.
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8170463076
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xiii+538p., 22cm.
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Poetry has always given rise to interpretation, judgment, and controversy. Indeed, the history of poetry criticism is as rich and varied a journey as the history of poetry itself. But classic writings such as Emerson’s essay ‘The Poet’ and Whiteman’s preface to Leaves of Grass serve as more than a critical ‘call and response’: the works are striking examples of how the finest poets themselves have written on poetics and the works of their peers and ...
