02508nam 2200529Ia 450 991077872950332120231220172500.01-58729-228-9(CKB)111004365707824(EBL)837103(OCoLC)44953679(SSID)ssj0000263914(PQKBManifestationID)11219291(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000263914(PQKBWorkID)10282445(PQKB)11511106(MiAaPQ)EBC837103(MdBmJHUP)muse9180(Au-PeEL)EBL837103(CaPaEBR)ebr10354530(EXLCZ)9911100436570782419970407d1997 ub 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierUncertainty & plenitude[electronic resource] five contemporary poets /Peter StittIowa City University of Iowa Pressc19971 online resource (209 pages)Description based upon print version of record.0-87745-599-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-196) and index.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; IndexFrom 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 waysAmerican poetry20th centuryHistory and criticismAmerican poetryHistory and criticism.811.5409811/.5409Stitt Peter1490794MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778729503321Uncertainty & plenitude3712231UNINA