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The Didactic Muse: Scenes of Instruction in Contemporary American Poetry
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Full Title:
The Didactic Muse: Scenes of Instruction in Contemporary American Poetry
Contributors:
By (Author) Willard Spiegelman
Series:
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Imprint:
Princeton University Press
Publication Date:
23rd September 2014
Country:
United States
Classifications
Readership:
Tertiary Education
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Main Subject:
Dewey:
811.009
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
292
Dimensions:
Width 152mm, Height 229mm
Weight:
397g
Description
Writing with the vigor and elan that readers have come to expect from his many astute reviews and essays, Willard Spiegelman maintains that contemporary American poets have returned to the poetic aims of an earlier era: to edify, as well as to delight, and thus to serve the "didactic muse." What Spiegelman says about individual poets--such as Nemer
