No Other Book (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Randall Jarrell
- First Published: 1999
- Type of Work: Essays
- Genres: Nonfiction, Essays
- Subjects: United States or Americans, Twentieth century, Authors or writers, Poetry or poets, Reading, Dramatic criticism, Poetics
Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979) once said of Randall Jarrell: “He always seemed more alive than other people, as if constantly tuned up to the concert pitch that most people, including [other] poets, can maintain only for short and fortunate stretches.” These words, as quoted by Brad Leithauser in his necessary introduction to No Other Book, perfectly describe most of the essays in this volume. Within the scope of the critical essay, it is difficult to imagine anything produced since its original appearance that is more compelling on Walt Whitman (1819-1892), Robert Frost...
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