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Lives of the Poets
de Schmidt, Michael
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- 0375406247
- ISBN 13
- 9780375406249
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Sinopsis
A dazzling account of the entire history of poetry in the English language -- from the fourteenth century to the present -- by one of the most intelligent and passionate critics in the field. Setting out to write his own homage to Samuel Johnson's legendary Lives of the English Poets of more than two hundred years ago, Michael Schmidt introduces us to the world tradition of poets who have written in English. From the rustic rhythms of Piers Plowman to today's postmodernists, from fifteenth-century Scotland to the contemporary Caribbean, Schmidt explores the lives and creations of more than three hundred poets, discussing their best (and sometimes worst) poems, their triumphs and tragedies, their individual genius. Here is the shared universe and work of so many great poets, including Chaucer, Donne, Blake, Behn, Burns, Wordsworth, Whitman, Dickinson, Rossetti, Yeats, Stevens, Lowell, Bishop, Ginsberg, Rich and Heaney, to name but a few. Schmidt also embraces the extraordinary poetry now emerging from Australia, New Zealand, India and other countries, and shows how these varied landscapes and cultures make their contributions to our common language. Tracing the themes and achievements of each poet's work, Schmidt demonstrates with wit and erudition how poets overshadow and inspire one another across the centuries. En route, he champions some unjustly neglected voices and outlines the ways in which history and politics intervene to shape (or sometimes misshape) the poetic imagination. With infectious enthusiasm and avoiding all fashionable jargon, Schmidt speaks unapologetically for a common language -- the language of poetry, which unites people across continents and across the ages. For anyone who has ever been moved by a poem, a rich and important book. From the Hardcover edition.
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- Librería
- Murphy-Brookfield Books
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 368459
- Título
- Lives of the Poets
- Autor
- Schmidt, Michael
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Bueno
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Near Fine
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0375406247
- ISBN 13
- 9780375406249
- Editorial
- Knopf
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1999
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Poetry criticism;
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