by HVendler (Author)
This work comprises essays on American, British and Irish poetry, showing contemporary life and culture captured in lyric form. It explains the power of poetry as the voice of the soul, rather than the socially marked self, speaking directly through the stylization of verse.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 284
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 30 Sep 1996
ISBN 10: 0674821475
ISBN 13: 9780674821477