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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... whole drama of May Swenson's poetry , the passion that underlies her playfulness . Though she knows that the senses can deceive us , it is through the alert , surprising use of those instruments that she seeks to break through to ...
... whole drama of May Swenson's poetry , the passion that underlies her playfulness . Though she knows that the senses can deceive us , it is through the alert , surprising use of those instruments that she seeks to break through to ...
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... whole that we shall survive death only as re- cycled matter and in the memories of those we have edified . If Bynner were , like Yeats , the poet of a " system , " related works might iron out all questions and tell us to what genre of ...
... whole that we shall survive death only as re- cycled matter and in the memories of those we have edified . If Bynner were , like Yeats , the poet of a " system , " related works might iron out all questions and tell us to what genre of ...
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... whole novel , say , or a whole symphony into a few pages or even eight lines .... I know that epics hold an important place in literary history , but I venture to point out the fact that they are in the long run mainly mem- orable ...
... whole novel , say , or a whole symphony into a few pages or even eight lines .... I know that epics hold an important place in literary history , but I venture to point out the fact that they are in the long run mainly mem- orable ...
Contenido
Poe and the Art of Suggestion | 7 |
Longfellow | 26 |
The Persistence of Riddles | 32 |
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