Hoffman, Daniel (Vol. 6) - Hoffman, Daniel 1923–
Hoffman, Daniel 1923–
Hoffman, an American poet, critic, and editor, is a scholar concerned with exploring myth and folklore in his poetry and criticism. (See also Contemporary Authors, Vols. 1-4, rev. ed.)
Perhaps the best thing that can be said for the American poetry of the past decade is that it is wildly catholic. The reader can choose between the most desiccated of academic verse; passionate political statement blossoming in the vernacular or in full-blown rhetoric; arcane adventures in self-expression; the undigested distress of the mournful emotions; one or two major voices; and a handful of poets whose wit and intelligence have served, instead of overridden, their poetry. Daniel Hoffman belongs in the last group. The Center of Attention is a very good collection of poems.
Hoffman brings to his poetry what he has learned from his prose books such as Barbarous Knowledge and Poe Poe Poe Poe Poe Poe Poe. He...
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