Twentieth Century Pleasures: Prose on Poetry - Softcover

Hass, Robert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0880010460 ISBN 13: 9780880010467

Publisher: W W Norton & Co, 1985

Synopsis

U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Hass considers some of the twentiethcentury poets who bring him pleasure: Robert Lowll, JamesWright, Tomas Transtromer, Joseph Brodsky, Yvor Winters,Robert Creeley, James McMichael, Czeslaw Milosz, and others,in this, his first collection of essays. Originally published in1984, Twentieth Century Pleasures: Prose on Poetry won theNational Book Critics Circle Award for criticism. A new collection of Robert Hass's essays will be published by Ecco in 1998.

About this title

About the Author:

Robert Hass is the author of two earlier collections of poems, Field Guide and Praise, and a book of essays, Twentieth Century Pleasures. He has also collaborated with Czeslaw Milosz on the translation of his poems, most recently Collected Poems. His many honors include a John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur fellowship and the 1984 National Book Critics Circle Award in criticism. He has taught for many years at St. Mary's College of California and is currently a professor of English at the University of California, Berkeley.

Review:

"Here [is] theproseofan intelligent man who wishes to served poetry--not appropriate it or crow over it or show off as its expense--and this is a rare enough experience to arouse gratitude and admiration." -- "Times Literary Supplement"Not just professional acumen but a truly personal commitment to this subjects enlivens these enthusiastic, stylish, consistetly interesting, even compelling examinations.... As a demonstration of the critic's craft, this collection is, both in substance and style, an examplary volume." -- "Booklist""[Hass'] final intention is not merely to judge but to give a picture of the writer's mind.... Mr. Hass believes that poetry is what defines the self, and it is his ability to describe that process that is the heart of this book's pleasure."-- "New York Times Book Review"

About this edition

• Publisher: W W Norton & Co
• Publication date: 1985
• ISBN 10: 0880010460
• ISBN 13: 9780880010467
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 308