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9780393050929: Dear Editor: A History of Poetry in Letters: The First Fifty Years, 1912-1962
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ISBN 10 : 0393050920 ISBN 13 : 9780393050929
Editeur : WW Norton & Co, 2002

Synopsis

"The history of poetry and Poetry in America are almost interchangeable, certainly inseparable," A. R. Ammons wrote. Dear Editor, in gathering over 600 surprisingly candid letters to and from the editors of Poetry, traces the development of poetry in America: Ezra Pound's opinion of T. S. Eliot ("It is such a comfort to meet a man and not have to tell him to wash his face, wipe his feet") and of Robert Frost ("dull as ditch water...[but] set to be 'literchure' someday"); Edna St. Vincent Millay's pleas for an advance ("I am become very, very thin, and have taken to smoking Virginia tobacco"); Wallace Stevens on himself ("I have a pretty well-developed mean streak"). Here are the inside stories, the rivalries between aspiring authors, the inspirations behind classics, the practicalities (and politicking) of publishing. In fascinating anecdotes and literary gossip, scores of poets offer insights into the creative process and their reactions to historic events.

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À propos des auteurs

Joseph Parisi, editor in chief of Poetry, has been on the magazine's staff for over twenty-five years.

Stephen Young is senior editor of Poetry.

Billy Collins was the Poet Laureate of the United States and the State of New York. He is a Distinguished Professor at Lehman College and a Senior Distinguished Fellow of the Winter Park Institute. A Literary Lion of the New York Public Library and author of many collections of poetry, including Bright Wings: An Illustrated Anthology of Poems About Birds and Horoscopes for the Dead, he lives in Westchester, New York.

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Éditeur
WW Norton & Co
Date d'édition
2002
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0393050920
ISBN 13 
9780393050929
Reliure
Relié
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
512
Éditeur
Parisi Joseph, Young Stephen
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Personne responsable
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