| Portion of title |
Essays on poets from John Donne to Joan Murray |
| Series |
Eyewear literary criticism
Eyewear literary criticism. ^A1287371
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| Contents |
Fevers of the Bone: John Donne -- Walt Whitman's Democratic Vistas -- The Double Vision of Baudelaire -- City of Pain: The Poetry of James Thomson -- Saint Emily -- Owls, Bicycles, Bailiffs: The Pataphysical Life of Alfred Jarry -- Ezra Pound's Letters Home -- Dark Caverns: The Correspondence of T.S. Eliot -- Who Seekest Thy Woob? Samuel Greenberg and Hart Crane -- Industrious Auden -- A.S.J. Tessimond and Bernard Spencer -- Child Randall -- Joan Murray and the Bats of Wisdom. |
| Abstract |
Literary Nonfiction. Essays. Poetry. THIS DIALOGUE OF ONE collects thirteen essays on English, French and American poets by one of the era's most engaging and highly esteemed poet-critics. Like Randall Jarrell, whose achievement is assessed here, Ford combines a refreshing openness to innovation with an authoritative awareness of what makes a poem stand the test of time. Witty, astute and wide-ranging, Ford demonstrates his formidable gifts as a close reader of poetry, whether exploring canonical works by the likes of Whitman, Dickinson, Baudelaire and T.S. Eliot, or championing the cause of neglected figures such as James Thomson, Samuel Greenberg and Joan Murray. As John Lanchester once observed of Ford's essays, "If more literary criticism were like this, more people would read it." --Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Genre/form | Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
| ISBN | 9781908998279 hardcover |
| ISBN | 190899827X hardcover |
| ISBN | 9781908998880 paperback |
| ISBN | 1908998881 paperback |
