The Catbird's Song: Prose Pieces, 1963-1995Harcourt Brace, 1997 - 242 Seiten The Catbird's Song is a selection of prose pieces, on a variety of topics, by one of the most distinguished poets and translators of our times, Richard Wilbur. These lectures, letters, reviews, addresses, prefaces, and interviews-what Wilbur calls the "prose by-products of a poet's life"-not only reveal the ideas and concerns that inform his remarkable oeuvre but also offer fresh takes on the works and lives of poets we thought we knew, poets we ought to know, and much more. Here, then, are his appreciations of Poe, Milton, Tennyson, and Longfellow; paeans to his contemporaries Elizabeth Bishop, Mae Swenson, and John Ciardi; an introduction to the work of the neglected poet Witter Bynner; his comments on some of his own poems; and thoughts on the art of translation. Throughout all, Wilbur's voice resonates with clarity, reason, and authority. |
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... asked to see an icicle as a plant , we are now asked to see a dog as partaking of the qualities of a wooden beam , a reptile , a rodent , a fish , a bird , and a feline . Such confounding of our categories may be seen as a part of the ...
... asked to see an icicle as a plant , we are now asked to see a dog as partaking of the qualities of a wooden beam , a reptile , a rodent , a fish , a bird , and a feline . Such confounding of our categories may be seen as a part of the ...
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... asked to share a program , and to read for so short a time . During Plutzik's reading , this pro - Olson claque produced , in the back rows of the audience , sounds of muffled mockery . Charlie's reading consisted in great part of false ...
... asked to share a program , and to read for so short a time . During Plutzik's reading , this pro - Olson claque produced , in the back rows of the audience , sounds of muffled mockery . Charlie's reading consisted in great part of false ...
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... asked me about — I had an initial advantage with RF because my wife's great - aunt , Susan Hayes Ward , was by RF's testimony the “ first friend of his poetry , " while her grandfather , William Hayes Ward , had published RF's poem " My ...
... asked me about — I had an initial advantage with RF because my wife's great - aunt , Susan Hayes Ward , was by RF's testimony the “ first friend of his poetry , " while her grandfather , William Hayes Ward , had published RF's poem " My ...
Inhalt
Poe and the Art of Suggestion | 7 |
Longfellow | 26 |
The Persistence of Riddles | 32 |
Urheberrecht | |
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