The Transparent Man (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Anthony Hecht
- First Published: 1990
- Type of Work: Poetry
- Genres: Poetry, Narrative poetry
- Subjects: Nature, Music or musicians, Beauty, Wit or humor, Human behavior, Meditation
For thirty-five years Anthony Hecht has been writing and publishing poems of impeccable grace without sacrificing an iota of honest observation. Indeed with the years it has become quite clear that the real purpose of the high polish of his phrasing, meter, and verbal wit is to make bearable the harsh grain of human experience to his poet’s touch. Quite possibly his formalism has enabled him to look more directly into the eye of the modern storm than many of his peers who have relied on the expressive intensity of free verse to rise to what they saw as the demands of modern life. If...
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