This book offers new perspectives on the work of this original and
hard-to-categorize American poet, recently named Poet Laureate of
the United States.Charles Simic, the fifteenth Poet Laureate of the
United States, is one of America's most popular - and enigmatic -
contemporary poets. Set apart from his contemporaries by a
particularly inclusive and worldly vision, his is a poetic voice
singular in our time for its quality of empathy, for its
imagination-enriched logic, and for its deep and abiding clarity.
In ""Charles Simic: Essays on the Poetry"" the perspectives of a
range of critics, poets, and scholars (including James Atlas,
William Matthews, Liam Rector, Helen Vendler and Diane Wakoski,
among others) are brought together in an attempt to offer an
appraisal of his art.This book traces the critical reception to
Simic's poetry, beginning with the earliest responses, and reveals
a constantly changing image of the relationship between the poet
and his work. Essays and book reviews from sometimes radically
different points of view address the body of Simic's verse and
attempt to delineate the aesthetic from which his art emerges.
General
Imprint: |
The University of Michigan Press
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
Under Discussion |
Release date: |
May 2008 |
First published: |
May 2008 |
Editors: |
Bruce Weigl
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 17mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
240 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-472-03290-7 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
0-472-03290-9 |
Barcode: |
9780472032907 |
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