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New perspectives on the work of this original and hard-to-categorize American poet
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This book offers new perspectives on the work of this original and hard-to-categorize American poet, recently named Poet Laureate of the United States.Charles Simic, the fifteenth Poet Laureate of the United States, is one of America's most popular - and enigmatic - contemporary poets. Set apart from his contemporaries by a particularly inclusive and worldly vision, his is a poetic voice singular in our time for its quality of empathy, for its imagination-enriched logic, and for its deep and abiding clarity. In "Charles Simic: Essays on the Poetry" the perspectives of a range of critics, poets, and scholars (including James Atlas, William Matthews, Liam Rector, Helen Vendler and Diane Wakoski, among others) are brought together in an attempt to offer an appraisal of his art.This book traces the critical reception to Simic's poetry, beginning with the earliest responses, and reveals a constantly changing image of the relationship between the poet and his work. Essays and book reviews from sometimes radically different points of view address the body of Simic's verse and attempt to delineate the aesthetic from which his art emerges.
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The book begins with the earliest responses to Simic's poetry and traces the last twenty five years of critical reception, revealing a constantly changing image of the relationship between the poet and his work. The collection's essays and book reviews address the full body of Simic's verse from sometimes radically different points of view and attempt to delineate the aesthetic from which his art emerges.
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- PublisherThe University of Michigan Press
- Publication date1997
- ISBN 10 0472107135
- ISBN 13 9780472107131
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages240
- EditorWeigl Bruce
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition; First Printing. Stiff unmarked book in glossy dust jacket with sunning to spine. ; Under Discussion; 8.8 X 5.7 X 1.0 inches; 233 pages; Charles Simic is one of America's most popular--and most enigmatic--contemporary poets. Set apart from his contemporaries by a particularly inclusive and worldly vision, his is a poetic voice singular in our time for its quality of empathy, for its imagination-enriched logic, and for its deep and abiding clarity. In Charles Simic: Essays on the Poetry the perspectives of a range of critics, poets, and scholars are brought together in an attempt to offer an appraisal of his art. The book begins with the earliest responses to Simic's poetry and traces the last twenty-five years of critical reception, revealing a constantly metamorphosing image of the relationship between the poet and his work. The book's essays and book reviews address the full body of Simic's verse from sometimes radically different points of view and attempt to delineate the aesthetic from which his art emerges. Contributors include William Matthews, Diane Wakoski, James Atlas, and Helen Vendler. The book's final part includes an extended interview with Simic on the subject of poetic form and a selection of Simic's autobiographical writings. Bruce Weigl is Professor of English, Pennsylvania State University, and Director of the MFA Program in Writing. His other books include The Imagination as Glory: On the Poetry of James Dickey and volumes of poetry including What Saves Us, The Monkey Wars, and Sweet Lorain (forthcoming). Seller Inventory # 61187
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