The Catbird's Song: Prose Pieces, 1963-1995Harcourt Brace, 1997 - 242 Seiten The Catbird's Song is a selection of prose pieces, on a variety of topics, by one of the most distinguished poets and translators of our times, Richard Wilbur. These lectures, letters, reviews, addresses, prefaces, and interviews-what Wilbur calls the "prose by-products of a poet's life"-not only reveal the ideas and concerns that inform his remarkable oeuvre but also offer fresh takes on the works and lives of poets we thought we knew, poets we ought to know, and much more. Here, then, are his appreciations of Poe, Milton, Tennyson, and Longfellow; paeans to his contemporaries Elizabeth Bishop, Mae Swenson, and John Ciardi; an introduction to the work of the neglected poet Witter Bynner; his comments on some of his own poems; and thoughts on the art of translation. Throughout all, Wilbur's voice resonates with clarity, reason, and authority. |
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... American Academy of Arts and Letters . " Opening Remarks , 1977 , " " Opening Re- marks , 1978 , " " Elizabeth Bishop , " " John Ciardi , " and " May Swenson , " reprinted with the permission of the American Academy of Arts and Letters ...
... American Academy of Arts and Letters . " Opening Remarks , 1977 , " " Opening Re- marks , 1978 , " " Elizabeth Bishop , " " John Ciardi , " and " May Swenson , " reprinted with the permission of the American Academy of Arts and Letters ...
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... American Literature , " Witter Bynner is one of the few men writing poetry today in whose work may be found any considerable body of the simple lyric . " Good art , of whatever magnitude , is never replaced , but it may well be mislaid ...
... American Literature , " Witter Bynner is one of the few men writing poetry today in whose work may be found any considerable body of the simple lyric . " Good art , of whatever magnitude , is never replaced , but it may well be mislaid ...
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... American soldiers sit apart , The white men eating meat , the black men heart . Now , with that other war a century ... America became monolithically left - wing , he was an organizer or active figure in social causes . A photograph of ...
... American soldiers sit apart , The white men eating meat , the black men heart . Now , with that other war a century ... America became monolithically left - wing , he was an organizer or active figure in social causes . A photograph of ...
Inhalt
Poe and the Art of Suggestion | 7 |
Longfellow | 26 |
The Persistence of Riddles | 32 |
Urheberrecht | |
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
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