Close Calls with Nonsense: Reading New Poetry
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| Rating | : | 4.22 (627 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1555975216 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 360 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-03-23 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
As Burt writes in the title essay: "The poets I know don't want to be famous people half so much as they want their best poems read; I want to help you find and read them. Essays and critical writings on contemporary poetry by Stephen Burt, "the finest critic of his generation" (Lucie Brock-Broido)Stephen Burt's Close Calls with Nonsense provokes readers into the elliptical worlds of Rae Armantrout, Paul Muldoon, C. Wright, and other contemporary poets whose complexities make them challenging, original,
All rights reserved. He never quite manages to figure out exactly how O'Hara came to be O'Hara—how could he?—but he always succeeds in providing the reader with a learned, insightful and energizing blueprint for his or her own reading pleasure and surmise. . The author of two full-length critical studies of poetry and two poetry collections, Burt comes to the poets he considers—including Rea Armantrout, Juan Felipe Herrera, Paul Muldoon and James Merrill—as both a scholar and a practitioner of the art, but he eschews
"Thorough and fun read" according to Anne19. I read this book for a class and I'm really glad I did. This helped me understand poetry in a way I hadn't before, both in terms of contemporary poetry as a broader category and individual poems/poets. I like critics who have a unique voice and style, instead of just sounding totally impersonal and objective, and Stephen Burt definitely has an original voice. Recommended for people who are interested in poetry but don't know where to start.. Good Good read. A little longish
His essays and reviews have appeared in The Believer, The Nation, and The New York Times Book Review. STEPHEN BURT is the author of two critical books on poetry as well as two poetry collections, including Parallel Play. He teaches at Harvard University.