Two minds of a western poet : essays /
Mason, David, 1954-
Two minds of a western poet : essays / David Mason. - x, 165 pages ; 21 cm. - Poets on poetry . - Poets on poetry. .
Two minds of a western poet -- Opening a town -- Some narrative poets of the American West -- Modern American poetry and the hopper of civilization -- The long and the short of Robinson -- The inner drama of James Wright -- "The contemplation of horror is not edifying" : Anthony Hecht as a war poet -- Mastered pain -- Richard Wilbur and the "Blind delight of being" -- Grace Schulman's Song of praise -- Memory and imagination in the poetry of B.H. Fairchild -- The limits of the literary movement -- The dhow's gaze : thoughts on postcolonial studies -- Close to Seferis.
9780472071425 (acid-free paper) 0472071424 (acid-free paper) 9780472051427 (pbk. : acid-free paper) 0472051423 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
2010040236
Mason, David, 1954-
American poetry--History and criticism.--20th century
American poetry--History and criticism.--West (U.S.)
West (U.S.)--Intellectual life--20th century.
Poetry.
PS3563.A7879 / T88 2011
811/.509
Two minds of a western poet : essays / David Mason. - x, 165 pages ; 21 cm. - Poets on poetry . - Poets on poetry. .
Two minds of a western poet -- Opening a town -- Some narrative poets of the American West -- Modern American poetry and the hopper of civilization -- The long and the short of Robinson -- The inner drama of James Wright -- "The contemplation of horror is not edifying" : Anthony Hecht as a war poet -- Mastered pain -- Richard Wilbur and the "Blind delight of being" -- Grace Schulman's Song of praise -- Memory and imagination in the poetry of B.H. Fairchild -- The limits of the literary movement -- The dhow's gaze : thoughts on postcolonial studies -- Close to Seferis.
9780472071425 (acid-free paper) 0472071424 (acid-free paper) 9780472051427 (pbk. : acid-free paper) 0472051423 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
2010040236
Mason, David, 1954-
American poetry--History and criticism.--20th century
American poetry--History and criticism.--West (U.S.)
West (U.S.)--Intellectual life--20th century.
Poetry.
PS3563.A7879 / T88 2011
811/.509