Poetry and the World

by Robert Pinsky

Book Overview

A collection of sharp, entertaining, and informative essays by poet Robert Pinsky, Poetry and the World is a passionate inquiry into poetry's place in the modem world. Combining the arts of criticism and autobiography, Pinsky writes about poets as diverse as Walt VVhitman and Philip Freneau, Marianne Moore and Frank O'Hara, about a visit to Poland during the early days of Solidarity, and his own childhood in a seedy New Jersey resort town. The scope...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0880012161
• ISBN13: 9780880012164
• Release Date: January 1988
• Publisher: Ecco Press
• Length: 193 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.