We begin in gladness : how poets progress : essays / Craig Morgan Teicher.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Teicher, Craig Morgan, 1979- author.

Standardized Title:

Essays. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poetry--Authorship.

Poetry.

Poets--Psychology.

Poets.

Poetics.

Genre:

Nonfiction.

Essays.

Physical Description:

164 pages ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis, Minnesota : Graywolf Press, [2018]

Summary:

""The staggering thing about a life's work is it takes a lifetime to complete," Craig Morgan Teicher writes in these luminous essays. We Begin in Gladness considers how poets start out, how they learn to hear themselves, and how some offer us that rare, glittering thing: lasting work. Teicher traces the poetic development of the works of Sylvia Plath, John Ashbery, Louise Glück, and Francine J. Harris, among others, to illuminate the paths they forged--by dramatic breakthroughs or by slow increments, and always by perseverance. We Begin in Gladness is indispensable for readers curious about the artistic life and for writers wondering how they might light out--or even scale the peak of the mountain."--Amazon.com.

Contents:

Introduction: We begin in anticipation

1. Beginning and breakthroughs. Ars poetica : origin stories ; Sylvia Plath's surges ; Breakthroughs

2. Middles and mirrors. Mirror portraits ; Influences illuminated : francine J. harris ; A long career : W.S. Merwin

3. Ending and enduring. Rehearsals and rehashings ; Louise Glück's steady growth ; Endings.

ISBN:

9781555978211

1555978215

OCLC:

1019930985