Compulsory Figures (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Henry Taylor
- First Published: 1992
- Type of Work: Literary criticism
- Genres: Criticism, Nonfiction, Essays
- Subjects: United States or Americans, Twentieth century, Literature, Aesthetics
The opening of the field of American poetry in the twentieth century has led to a richness of invention and a variety of possibility arguably the equal of any other era in the history of the English language. It has also resulted in an energized and frequently fractious debate about the nature of poetry itself, a continuing dispute among poets and theoreticians in which positions have been determined as much by a desire to protect and justify a style of expression as by an interest in the “sullen art” and the craft of its composition. This has generated an often useful confusion...
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