The strength of poetry

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Label

The strength of poetry

Statement of responsibility

James Fenton

Creator

• Fenton, James, 1949-

Subject

• American poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism
• Criticism, interpretation, etc
• English poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism

Genre

• Criticism, interpretation, etc

Language

eng

Summary

"Why should a poet feel the need to be original? How does genius apprentice itself? What connections exist between bad thinking and bad verse, or good verse and bad politics? In these sharp-eyed critiques and appreciations of the essential poets of our time, Whitbread Prize-winner James Fenton examines some of the most intriguing questions behind the making of poetry - questions of creativity and the "earning" of success, of judgment, tutorage, rivalry, and ambition." "In these lectures, many of which appeared in The New York Review of Books, Fenton makes sense of the last century in poetry, and he explores its antecedents and legacies with the lucidity, wit, and gusto that have made him famous."--Jacket

Member of

• Oxford lectures (New York, N.Y.)

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

821/.9109

Index

no index present

LC call number

PR601

LC item number

.F46 2001

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

Oxford lectures