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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... once more . Their very different dreams have a different and heavenly issue . Though Poe did not write one thing to explain another , and though similarities may deceive , certain tales do give us partic- ularly clear and trustworthy ...
... once more . Their very different dreams have a different and heavenly issue . Though Poe did not write one thing to explain another , and though similarities may deceive , certain tales do give us partic- ularly clear and trustworthy ...
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... once - but once again in the silence of the night , there came through my lattice the soft sighs which had forsaken me ; and they modelled them- selves into familiar and sweet voice , saying : " Sleep in peace ! -for the Spirit of Love ...
... once - but once again in the silence of the night , there came through my lattice the soft sighs which had forsaken me ; and they modelled them- selves into familiar and sweet voice , saying : " Sleep in peace ! -for the Spirit of Love ...
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... once one has adjusted to the new , it must give pleasure or it will not be art . Even when a work is difficult in style or terrible in meaning , its office , as Ezra Pound said , is " to make glad the heart of man " by proving once ...
... once one has adjusted to the new , it must give pleasure or it will not be art . Even when a work is difficult in style or terrible in meaning , its office , as Ezra Pound said , is " to make glad the heart of man " by proving once ...
Inhalt
Poe and the Art of Suggestion | 7 |
Longfellow | 26 |
The Persistence of Riddles | 32 |
Urheberrecht | |
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