The Music of What Happens (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Helen Vendler
- First Published: 1988
- Type of Work: Literary criticism
- Time of Work: 1820-1987
- Genres: Criticism, Nonfiction, Arts
- Subjects: Twentieth century, Poetry or poets, Poetics, Literary criticism
Helen Vendler is perhaps the most important critic of contemporary poetry writing today; her essays in The New York Review of Books and The New Yorker have shaped contemporary opinion and given readers insight into and understanding of some difficult poets and opaque poems. The Music of What Happens: Poems, Poets, Critics is an impressive collection that discusses many of the most significant poets of this century; Vendler also touches on three nineteenth century poets and deals with some issues in contemporary literary criticism. The book is divided into four...
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