A Poet's Notebook

by Edith Sitwell

Book Overview

This is a selection from Dr. Sitwell's private notebooks. It includes essays on prosody, the role of the poet, the nature of poetry, and includes her full length work 'A Notebook on William Shakespeare', as well as discussion of Chaucer, Herrick, Wordsworth, Pope and Byron amongst others.

The section on Shakespeare consists of essays on the general aspect of the plays - those great hymns to the principle and the glory of life. There are long...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1448200261
• ISBN13: 9781448200269
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Length: 206 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"