A Way of Happening: Observations of Contemporary Poetry

by Fred Chappell

Book Overview

One of our most acclaimed and versatile authors, Fred Chappell is comfortably at home in fiction, poetry, and literary criticism. A Way of Happening gathers his essays and reviews of contemporary poetry. Chappell consider new writers as well as more established authors, including Alfred Corn, William Matthews, A. R. Ammons, Linda Pastan, Julia Randall, Cornelius Eady, Alan Shapiro, and many others. And there are essays on the plight of the critic...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312180330
• ISBN13: 9780312180331
• Release Date: March 1998
• Publisher: Picador USA
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.8" x 8.6"