Best Words, Best Order : Essays on Poetry by Stephen Dobyns (2003, Trade Paperback, Revised edition)

Palgrave Macmillan

1403961476

9781403961471

2241097

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Stephen Dobyns

Best Words, Best Order : Essays on Poetry

Trade Paperback

English

Revised

Creative Ability, General, Poetry

2003

Textbook

Yes

Literary Criticism, Psychology, Poetry

Xiv, 398 Pages

8.2 in

1 in

6.5 in

18.6 Oz

1 Vol.

Pn1010-1551

Revised Edition

"These essays are wonderfully efficient litte machines, reproducing in the reader Dobyns's deep understanding of and affection for the work of such peers as Rilke, Mandelstan, and Chekhov." --Library Journal   "Few writers are as versatile or prolific as Stephen Dobyns. . .Mr. Dobyns celebrates a plain-spoken poetry that is alert to structure and open to tension and surprise. He provides us with informed, resonant readings of contemporary poems. . ."  --The New York Times Book Review "...painstaking, admirable and enjoyable."--TheTimes Literary Supplement, "These essays are wonderfully efficient litte machines, reproducing in the reader Dobyns's deep understanding of and affection for the work of such peers as Rilke, Mandelstan, and Chekhov." -- Library Journal "Few writers are as versatile or prolific as Stephen Dobyns. . .Mr. Dobyns celebrates a plain-spoken poetry that is alert to structure and open to tension and surprise. He provides us with informed, resonant readings of contemporary poems. . ." -- The New York Times Book Review " ...painstaking, admirable and enjoyable."--The Times Literary Supplement, "These essays are wonderfully efficient litte machines, reproducing in the reader Dobyns's deep understanding of and affection for the work of such peers as Rilke, Mandelstan, and Chekhov." -- Library Journal   "Few writers are as versatile or prolific as Stephen Dobyns. . .Mr. Dobyns celebrates a plain-spoken poetry that is alert to structure and open to tension and surprise. He provides us with informed, resonant readings of contemporary poems. . ."  -- The New York Times Book Review " ...painstaking, admirable and enjoyable."--The Times Literary Supplement

Preface * Deceptions * Metaphor and the Authenticating Act of Memory * Writing the Reader's Life * Notes on Free Verse * Pacing: The Ways a Poem Moves * The Function of Tone * The Voices One Listens To * The Traffic between Two Worlds * Rilke's Growth as a Poet * Mandelstam: The Poem as Event * Chekhov's Sense of Writing as Seen through His Letters * Ritsos and the Metaphysical Moment * Cemetery Nights * The Maker's Manipulation of Time * The Passerby in the Birdless Street * The Problem of Beauty and the Requirements of Art

2003

Scholarly & Professional

2003-278238

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