An edition of Twentieth century pleasures (1984)

Twentieth century pleasures

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An edition of Twentieth century pleasures (1984)

Twentieth century pleasures

prose on poetry

2nd ed.

by

  • 2 Want to read

A selection of essays written during the last five years on the importance and vitality of poetry.

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Ecco Press, Distributed by W.W. Norton
Language
English
Pages
308

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Subjects

History and criticism, Modern Poetry, Poetry, Modern, Poetry, modern, history and criticism, Literature, modern, history and criticism, 20th century, Poetics, Poetry, history and criticism

Times

20th century

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Cover of: Twentieth century pleasures
Twentieth century pleasures: prose on poetry
1997, Ecco Press
in English - 3rd ed.
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Cover of: Twentieth century pleasures
Twentieth century pleasures: prose on poetry
1987, Ecco Press, Distributed by W.W. Norton
in English - 2nd ed.
Libraries near you: WorldCat
Cover of: Twentieth Century Pleasures
Twentieth Century Pleasures: Prose on Poetry
December 1985, W W Norton & Co Inc
Paperback - 1st edition
Libraries near you: WorldCat
Cover of: Twentieth century pleasures
Twentieth century pleasures: prose on poetry
1984, Ecco Press
in English - 1st ed.
Libraries near you: WorldCat

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Table of Contents

Lowell's graveyard
James Wright
One body: some notes on form
Tranströmer's Baltics
What furies
Listening and making
Four reviews. Lost in translation : a part of speech by Joseph Brodsky ; What he did : an introduction to the poetry of Yvor Winters by Elizabeth Isaacs ; Creeley, his metric : the collected poems of Robert Creeley, 1945-75 ; McMichael's Pasadena : four good things by James McMichael
Reading Miłosz
Some notes on the San Francisco Bay area as a culture region : a memoir
Looking for Rilke
Images.

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New York
Other Titles
20th century pleasures.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
809.1/04

The Physical Object

Pagination
308 p. ;
Number of pages
308

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL23078567M
Internet Archive
twentiethcentury00hass
ISBN 10
0880010460
OCLC/WorldCat
20729683
Library Thing
82195
Goodreads
1524666

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It's probably a hopeless matter, writing about favorite poems.
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