The Failure of Poetry, the Promise of Language

by Laura (Riding) Jackson

A volume in the Poets on Poetry series, which collects critical works by contemporary poets, gathering together the articles, interviews, and book reviews by which they have articulated the poetics of a new generation.

In The Failure of Poetry, The Promise of Language, Laura (Riding) Jackson examines the subjects of poetry, language, and truth; the conflict between truth and art; and the range of human attitudes to the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472069578
• ISBN13: 9780472069576
• Release Date: May 2007
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 8.0"