Modern Poets On Modern Poetry
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A landmark anthology in literary criticism, Modern Poets on Modern Poetry presents a rich collection of essays, statements, and manifestos in which twentieth-century poets articulate their own aesthetic philosophies and creative principles. Edited by James Scully, the volume gathers the voices of major figures from the modernist and post-modernist traditions, allowing poets such as Eliot, Pound, and their contemporaries to argue for their own visions of what poetry is and what it must do. The result is an authoritative and intellectually stimulating document of poetic self-reflection, illustrating how the craft of verse was debated, defended, and reinvented across a turbulent century. Written in a tone that ranges from the passionately polemical to the rigorously analytical, the collected pieces offer students and scholars alike an indispensable window into the minds behind the poems. As both a teaching text and a critical resource, it remains one of the most direct and compelling records of how modern poets understood their own art.
Author: James Scully
Format: Paperback
Published: 1966, Collins: Fontana
Genre: Poetry
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
A landmark anthology in literary criticism, Modern Poets on Modern Poetry presents a rich collection of essays, statements, and manifestos in which twentieth-century poets articulate their own aesthetic philosophies and creative principles. Edited by James Scully, the volume gathers the voices of major figures from the modernist and post-modernist traditions, allowing poets such as Eliot, Pound, and their contemporaries to argue for their own visions of what poetry is and what it must do. The result is an authoritative and intellectually stimulating document of poetic self-reflection, illustrating how the craft of verse was debated, defended, and reinvented across a turbulent century. Written in a tone that ranges from the passionately polemical to the rigorously analytical, the collected pieces offer students and scholars alike an indispensable window into the minds behind the poems. As both a teaching text and a critical resource, it remains one of the most direct and compelling records of how modern poets understood their own art.