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Laddar... Classes on Modern Poets and the Art of Poetryav James Dickey
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Gå med i LibraryThing för att få reda på om du skulle tycka om den här boken. Det finns inga diskussioner på LibraryThing om den här boken. Startlingly refreshing literary criticism. These are the most un-academic university lectures you're ever likely to encounter, especially in the English department, where they seem to take a perverse and perverted pleasure in speaking and writing impenetrable verbiage. There is absolutely no jargon here, no theory, no -ism. There is humor, candor, directness, sloppiness and slip-shoddiness. I had a teacher like this once: William Eastlake. I always had the feeling he should have a bumper sticker saying, "I'd rather be drinkin'." I liked him a lot. The biggest difference between him and James Dickey is that Dickey wrote some good books. ( ) The closest thing to sitting in Dickey's classes on poetry at South Carolina in the 70's. It reminded me of my early college days in Sanford Hall at Appalachian State before I sold out to the business school. He cover a series of poets; some he likes, some he seems to dismiss. He gives some background on the poets and there are samples of their works. I particularly liked how he covered Robert Frost(dirtbag) and Ezra Pound(anti-semite and a treasonous lunatic). It was interesting to read how poets intertwine during their lives. Much cheaper than a class at USC-E and worth your time. inga recensioner | lägg till en recension
"James Dickey devoted himself as much to the critique of the modern literary tradition as to his participation in it. After his death in 1997, a transcription of his lectures was found among his papers. Collected here and published for the first time, these lectures reveal judgments and appraisals Dickey would use to great effect in his teaching. They also contribute to the unraveling of Dickey's art from the larger-than-life myth that surrounded him." "Full of asides, witticisms, and afterthoughts, the sessions suggest not the pontification of a scholar at an academic conference but the confident learning of a practicing poet who happens to enjoy being in the classroom. Clearly setting forth his sense of literary criticism, Dickey repeatedly emphasizes the preeminence of the poet over the critic, the original use of language as a primary criterion for effective poetry, and the centrality of personal reaction to poetry as a measure of its value. Dickey's comments are valuable for their insight into both his own thought processes and those of the poets he reviewed."--BOOK JACKET. Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
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