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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778729503321

Autore

Stitt Peter

Titolo

Uncertainty & plenitude [[electronic resource] ] : five contemporary poets / / Peter Stitt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, c1997

ISBN

1-58729-228-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (209 pages)

Disciplina

811.5409

811/.5409

Soggetti

American poetry - 20th century - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-196) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction: Poetry in a Time of Uncertainty and Plenitude; John Ashbery: The Poetics of Uncertainty; Stephen Dobyns: The Uncertainties of Narrative; Charles Simic: Poetry in a Time of Madness; Gerald Stern: Weeping and Wailing and Singing for Joy; Charles Wright: Resurrecting the Baroque; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

From the extraordinary diversity of contemporary poetry, Peter Stitt, the distinguished critic and editor of the Gettysburg Review, has chosen in this book to write about five poets only, all premier practitioners-John Ashbery, Stephen Dobyns, Charles Simic, Gerald Stern, and Charles Wright, with a special look at Stanley Kunitz in relation to Wright. Stitt's confident and inventive assessments of these fine poets' work help us gain some focus on the "uncertainty and plenitude" of the current poetry scene, demonstrating that concentrated and knowledgeable criticism can show us ways