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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... poetry avoids the expected thing , gives the reader pause by such means as obliquity , suggestion , or startling ... poetry deals in surprise and delayed ap- prehensions , then the riddle exaggerates an essential character- istic of ...
... poetry avoids the expected thing , gives the reader pause by such means as obliquity , suggestion , or startling ... poetry deals in surprise and delayed ap- prehensions , then the riddle exaggerates an essential character- istic of ...
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... poetry readings and poetry festivals . In part , this was because the Wesleyan Uni- versity Press had decided to initiate a poetry program , and in its first decade ( 1959–69 ) was bringing out many excellent books by poets of many ...
... poetry readings and poetry festivals . In part , this was because the Wesleyan Uni- versity Press had decided to initiate a poetry program , and in its first decade ( 1959–69 ) was bringing out many excellent books by poets of many ...
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... poetry would soon converge in his mind to produce what may be his most satisfying book of verse . In The Persistence of Poetry ( 1929 ) , which incorporated his introduction to The Jade Mountain , Bynner makes plain the conceptions of ...
... poetry would soon converge in his mind to produce what may be his most satisfying book of verse . In The Persistence of Poetry ( 1929 ) , which incorporated his introduction to The Jade Mountain , Bynner makes plain the conceptions of ...
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Poe and the Art of Suggestion | 7 |
Longfellow | 26 |
The Persistence of Riddles | 32 |
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