The Catbird's Song: Prose Pieces, 1963-1995Harcourt Brace, 1997 - 242 páginas 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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... Ulysses which we derive from Homer's Odyssey . But in fact the Odyssey is not the main and formative source of " Ulysses , " which in many respects is inconsistent with Homer ; for instance , if Tiresias prophesies in Homer's Book XI ...
... Ulysses which we derive from Homer's Odyssey . But in fact the Odyssey is not the main and formative source of " Ulysses , " which in many respects is inconsistent with Homer ; for instance , if Tiresias prophesies in Homer's Book XI ...
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... Ulysses ' low regard for governance and public service , though understandable in a restless hero of ac- tion , is not in itself to be admired . In the closing paragraph of the poem , Ulysses imagines or rehearses what he will say to ...
... Ulysses ' low regard for governance and public service , though understandable in a restless hero of ac- tion , is not in itself to be admired . In the closing paragraph of the poem , Ulysses imagines or rehearses what he will say to ...
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... Ulysses " belong not to Tennyson's portrait of his hero but to his own inclination to be sad , slow , and sonorous regardless of the subject . I think , nonetheless , that we can derive from the poem a vivid , intelli- gible personality ...
... Ulysses " belong not to Tennyson's portrait of his hero but to his own inclination to be sad , slow , and sonorous regardless of the subject . I think , nonetheless , that we can derive from the poem a vivid , intelli- gible personality ...
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Poe and the Art of Suggestion | 7 |
Longfellow | 26 |
The Persistence of Riddles | 32 |
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