On Poetry, Culture, and Democracy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pinsky, Robert.

Series:

Princeton Essays in Literature Series

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (321 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2026.

Summary:

" Robert Pinsky belongs to that rarest category of talents, a poet-critic."--Robert Lowel l Two important books of criticism by the Pulitzer Prize finalist and former U.S.poet laureate--now combined in a single volume with a new preface by the author This book brings together two compelling works of criticism by Robert Pinsky-- The Situation of.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

New Preface by the Author

The Situation of Poetry (1976)

Preface (Original)

Acknowledgments

I. Introduction

II. Voices

III. The Romantic Persistence

IV. Conventions of Wonder

V. The Discursive Aspect of Poetry

NOTES

CR EDITS

Democracy, Culture and the Voice of Poetry (2002)

I. Culture

II. Vocality

III. Self-Consciousness

IV. Performance

V. Social Presence

VI. Readers

VII. The Narcissistic and the Personal

VIII. Models of Culture

IX. Conclusion

Index of Names

A NOTE ON THE TYPE

Notes:

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ISBN:

0-691-27826-1

9780691278261

OCLC:

1581928616