Author: Stephen DobynsPublisher: Holiday House
ISBN:
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
Concurring Beasts
Author: Stephen DobynsPublisher: Holiday House
ISBN:
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
Uncertainty and Plenitude
Author: Peter StittPublisher: University of Iowa Press
ISBN: 1587292289
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
From the extraordinary diversity of contemporary poetry, Peter Stitt, the distinguished critic and editor of the Gettysburg Review, has chosen in this book to write about five poets only, all premier practitioners—John Ashbery, Stephen Dobyns, Charles Simic, Gerald Stern, and Charles Wright, with a special look at Stanley Kunitz in relation to Wright. Stitt's confident and inventive assessments of these fine poets' work help us gain some focus on the “uncertainty and plenitude” of the current poetry scene, demonstrating that concentrated and knowledgeable criticism can show us ways to begin measuring the accomplishments of our poetic age. Stitt's interest in these five poets is intellectual and aesthetic. As he states, “I chose these particular writers because their work continues to interest me deeply, both intellectually and formally, even after years of familiarity.” He uses his understanding of the philosophical implications inherent in modern physics, as they apply to both content and form, as the basis for his close analysis. Stitt attends to the poets' writerly strategies so that we may discover in their poetry where “surface form” intersects and complements meaning and thus becomes, in John Berryman's terms, “deep form.” He explains what these poets say and how they say it and what relationships lie between. He also shows how humor plays a part in some of their work.
A Book of Common Praise
Author: Robert BoyersPublisher: Ausable Press
ISBN: 9781931337038
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
In clear, interesting, lively prose, Boyers offers superb models for the very short critical essay.
The French Academie, wherein is discoursed the institution of maners. ... Newly translated into English by T. B. i.e. Thomas Bowes? or Thomas Beard?
Author: Pierre de La PrimaudayePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
Best Words, Best Order
Author: S. DobynsPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 1349731161
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 407
Book Description
In this new edition of Best Words, Best Order, Stephen Dobyns further explains the mystery of the poet's work. Through essays on memory and metaphor, pacing, and the intricacies of voice and tone, and thoughtful appreciations of Chekhov, Ritsos, Mandelstam, and Rilke, Dobyns guides readers and writers through poetry's mysterious twilight communiques. For this new second edition, Dobyns has added two new essays, one dealing with the idea of "beauty" in poetry and another dealing with the almost mystical way poets connect seemingly disparate elements in a single work.
Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature
Author: Merriam-Webster, IncPublisher: Merriam-Webster
ISBN: 9780877790426
Category : Literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1260
Book Description
Describes authors, works, and literary terms from all eras and all parts of the world.
Public Acts and Joint and Concurrent Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Michigan
Author: MichiganPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 668
Book Description
Includes regular and extra sessions.
Velocities
Author: Stephen DobynsPublisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0140586512
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
“Stephen Dobyns is one of the very finest poets writing in America today. His poems are brave, ravenous, intensely moving, and utterly his own.” –Thomas Lux Velocities presents a selection of poems spanning more than twenty-five years in the career of Stephen Dobyns, one of the finest and most original poets of our age. This volume brings together new poems and a generous selection of work from Dobyns’s seven previously published collections.
Passwords Primeval
Author: Tony LeuzziPublisher: BOA Editions, Ltd.
ISBN: 1934414964
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 511
Book Description
Passwords Primeval sets aside the artificial boundaries of poetry "schools" and "movements" to cut to the art of the matter. Tony Leuzzi's astounding knowledge of poetry draws new insights from such luminaries as Billy Collins, Gerald Stern, Jane Hirshfield, Patricia Smith, and Martín Espada. These new interviews provide insights into the poets and their poems without losing any of their mystery. Whether you're looking for deeper understanding of your favorite poets or simply interested in the lives of contemporary artists, Passwords Primeval reveals the interconnectedness of these masters whose voices echo each other from opposite ends of the same canyon.
The Wrestler's Cruel Study
Author: Stephen DobynsPublisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 039334729X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 431
Book Description
Wrestling, kidnapping, subplots from the Brothers Grimm, and a young man's search for his missing fiancee are only some of the elements of Stephen Dobyns's dazzling new novel. Fun and puns mingle with daring make-believe. Larger-than-life characters play out the crucial human questions: How do we live? How do we handle our demons?