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Twenty Questions (Hardcover, New): J.D. McClatchy

Twenty Questions (Hardcover, New)

J.D. McClatchy

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In "Twenty Questions, " one of America's finest poet-critics leads readers into the mysteries of poetry: how it draws on our lives, and how it leads us back into them. In a series of linked essays progressing from the autobiographical to the critical -- and closing with a remarkable translation of Horace's Ars "Poetica" unavailable elsewhere -- J. D. McClatchy's latest book offers an intimate and illuminating look into the poetic mind.

McClatchy begins with a portrait of his development as a poet and as a man, and provides vibrant details about some of those who helped shape his sensibility -- from Anne Sexton in her final days, to Harold Bloom, his enigmatic teacher at Yale, to James Merrill, a wise and witty mentor. All of these glimpses into McClatchy's personal history enhance our understanding of a coming of age from ingenious reader to accomplished poet-critic.

Later sections range through poetry past and present -- from Emily Dickinson to Seamus Heaney and W. S. Merwin -- with incisive criticism generously interspersed with vivid anecdotes about McClatchy's encounters with other poets' lives and work. A critical unpacking of Alexander Pope's "Epistle to Miss Blount" is interwoven with compassionate psychological portrait of a brilliant poet plagued by both romantic longings and debilitating physical deformities. There are surprising takes on the literary imagination as well: a look at Elizabeth Bishop through her letters, and a tribute to the Broadway lyrics of Stephen Sondheim and the tradition of light verse.

The questions McClatchy poses of poems prompt a fresh look and the last word. Free of scholarly pretension, elegantly and movingly written, "Twenty Questions" is a bright, open window onto a public and private experience of poetry, to be appreciated by poets, readers, and critics alike.

General

Imprint: Columbia University Press
Country of origin: United States
Release date: March 1998
First published: March 1998
Authors: J.D. McClatchy
Dimensions: 235 x 160 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover - Trade binding
Pages: 224
Edition: New
ISBN-13: 978-0-231-11172-0
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > From 1900
Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Poetry & poets > General
LSN: 0-231-11172-X
Barcode: 9780231111720

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