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Creative Glut
Shapiro, Karl; Phillips, Robert
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Description for Creative Glut
paperback. Trenchant prose writings on poetry, poets, and cultural matters by one of the most important essayists of his generation. Edited with an Introduction by Robert Phillips. "A lively and slashing critic..reading him one feels windows opening, clouds passing, sunlight, and a fresh breeze entering the room."-Joseph Epstein. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 212 x 148 x 29. Weight in Grams: 417.
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress (the position later to be known as "poet laureate"), editor of Poetry magazine—Karl Shapiro was among the commanding poets of the second half of the twentieth century, yet in many circles he is scarcely remembered today. A recent revival of interest in Shapiro has occurred with the Library of America's volume of his poems, edited by John Updike. Now, in this sparkling collection edited by Robert Phillips, Shapiro's most trenchant writings on poetry, poets, and cultural matters are once again available. They display the intelligence, power, and intellectual courage ... Read more
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress (the position later to be known as "poet laureate"), editor of Poetry magazine—Karl Shapiro was among the commanding poets of the second half of the twentieth century, yet in many circles he is scarcely remembered today. A recent revival of interest in Shapiro has occurred with the Library of America's volume of his poems, edited by John Updike. Now, in this sparkling collection edited by Robert Phillips, Shapiro's most trenchant writings on poetry, poets, and cultural matters are once again available. They display the intelligence, power, and intellectual courage ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
Chicago, United States
ISBN
9781566635578
SKU
V9781566635578
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About Shapiro, Karl; Phillips, Robert
Karl Shapiro (1913–2000) was born in Baltimore, studied at Virginia and Johns Hopkins, and served in the southwest Pacific in World War II. He returned home with the 1945 Pulitzer Prize for his second book of poems, V-Letter and Other Poems, and went on to a long and distinguished career as an American poet, writing books of poetry, autobiography, and ... Read more
Reviews for Creative Glut
A lively and slashing critic...reading him one feels windows opening, clouds passing, sunlight, and a fresh breeze entering the room.
Joseph Epstein His essays—the most characteristic ones can be found in [this] useful new volume...
New Republic
Karl Shapiro's provocative views of American poetry and culture were well ahead of their time, and decades on his barbs ... Read more
Joseph Epstein His essays—the most characteristic ones can be found in [this] useful new volume...
New Republic
Karl Shapiro's provocative views of American poetry and culture were well ahead of their time, and decades on his barbs ... Read more