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The Situation of Poetry: Contemporary Poetry and Its Traditions

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Situation of Poetry: Contemporary Poetry and Its Traditions
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Robert Pinsky
SeriesPrinceton Essays in Literature
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:200
Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 140
Category/GenreLiterary studies - from c 1900 -
Literary studies - poetry and poets
ISBN/Barcode 9780691013527
ClassificationsDewey:821.009
Audience
General
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Professional & Vocational

Publishing Details

Publisher Princeton University Press
Imprint Princeton University Press
Publication Date 21 October 1978
Publication Country United States

Description

In this book Robert Pinsky writes about contemporary poetry as it reflects its modernist and Romantic past. He isolates certain persistent ideas about poetry's situation relative to life and focuses on the conflict the poet faces between the nature of words and poetic forms on one side, and the nature of experience on the other. The author ranges f

Reviews

"The mind at work in The Situation of Poetry is lively, fresh, and critical without being obsessed by the rigor of criticism. [Pinsky's] comments are brief, vivid, distinct... and his taste is excellent."--Denis Donoghue, The New York Times Book Review "No one can read Pinsky's writing without being provoked to thought."--Helen Vendler, The Nation