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The Failure of Poetry, the Promise of Language

The Failure of Poetry, the Promise of Language

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Publisher's Synopsis

In ""The Failure of Poetry, The Promise of Language"", Laura Jackson examines the subjects of poetry, language, and truth, the conflict between truth and art, and the range of human attitudes to the prospect of truth-speaking. Also included are a series of comments on and judgements of the poets Coleridge, Clare, Eliot, Frost, Vachel Lindsay, Lowell, Pound, Dylan Thomas, and W. C. Williams and selections from her correspondence ranging from 1948 to 1987.

Book information

ISBN: 9780472069576
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Imprint: The University of Michigan Press
Pub date:
Language: English
Number of pages: 256
Weight: 308g
Height: 203mm
Width: 136mm
Spine width: 17mm