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• catalog abstract "Although he is best known as a poet, Henry Taylor is also an astute critic, as the essays in this discerning collection demonstrate. In Compulsory Figures, Taylor writes about seventeen contemporary poets, much of whose work, he says, has been a part of his mental landscape since he himself began to write poetry. The pieces were written, and most of them published, over an extended period of time; as a whole, the collection reveals Taylor's profound respect for craftsmanship and for the distinct terms on which different poems must be taken. His concern is as much with the process of creating a poem as it is with the poem itself. Taylor's interests range from traditional verse to startling experiments with newer forms. Several of his subjects are among the best-known poets of the past twenty-five years; a few are better known as writers of prose than of poetry. Some have long been admired by only a select few, but Taylor's concern is less with reputation than with an individual poet's ways of engaging our attention and emotions. Each essay is a meditation on a substantial portion of a poet's body of work - its evolution and its contribution to the art. Taylor writes about the contrasts between memories of a rural childhood and a lifetime of reading and learning found in Fred Chappell's impressive oeuvre and the merging of personal history with social and political history in the work of Gwendolyn Brooks. In May Sarton's poetry he finds a concern with both human and literary development, and he notes the profound wit, neoclassical attention to form, and generous erudition of David R. Slavitt's poems. He considers the skillful and serious experimental poetry of Jackson Mac Low and the deftness of form and tone in William Jay Smith's work. Others whose poetry he discusses are Anthony Hecht, J.V. Cunningham, Louis Simpson, John Woods, Robert Watson, Brewster Ghiselin, William Stafford, George Garrett, William Meredith, John Hall Wheelock, and James Wright. These essays represent an informed and sensitive discussion of the state of recent American poetry. Throughout, Taylor's easy-going patience and clarity of style are at the service of the reader, the poems, and the poets.".
• catalog contributor b3832223.
• catalog created "c1992.".
• catalog date "1992".
• catalog date "c1992.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c1992.".
• catalog description "Although he is best known as a poet, Henry Taylor is also an astute critic, as the essays in this discerning collection demonstrate. In Compulsory Figures, Taylor writes about seventeen contemporary poets, much of whose work, he says, has been a part of his mental landscape since he himself began to write poetry. The pieces were written, and most of them published, over an extended period of time; as a whole, the collection reveals Taylor's profound respect for craftsmanship and for the distinct terms on which different poems must be taken. His concern is as much with the process of creating a poem as it is with the poem itself. Taylor's interests range from traditional verse to startling experiments with newer forms. Several of his subjects are among the best-known poets of the past twenty-five years; a few are better known as writers of prose than of poetry. ".
• catalog description "Cunningham, Louis Simpson, John Woods, Robert Watson, Brewster Ghiselin, William Stafford, George Garrett, William Meredith, John Hall Wheelock, and James Wright. These essays represent an informed and sensitive discussion of the state of recent American poetry. Throughout, Taylor's easy-going patience and clarity of style are at the service of the reader, the poems, and the poets.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and indexes.".
• catalog description "J.V. Cunningham : the last variation in regularity -- Anthony Hecht : forms of conviction -- Louis Simpson : great experiments -- John Woods : in the grip of days -- Fred Chappell : the world was plenty -- Robert Watson : everything we cannot see is here -- Gwendolyn Brooks : an essential sanity -- Brewster Ghiselin : the gift of the waters -- William Stafford : millions of intricate moves -- George Garrett : the brutal rush of grace -- William Meredith : in charge of morale in a morbid time -- May Sarton : home to a place beyond exile -- John Hall Wheelock : letting the darkness in -- David R. Slavitt : the fun of the end of the world -- Jackson Mac Low : gristlier translations, arcane pronouns -- William Jay Smith : enter the dark house -- James Wright : in the mode of Robinson and Frost.".
• catalog description "Some have long been admired by only a select few, but Taylor's concern is less with reputation than with an individual poet's ways of engaging our attention and emotions. Each essay is a meditation on a substantial portion of a poet's body of work - its evolution and its contribution to the art. Taylor writes about the contrasts between memories of a rural childhood and a lifetime of reading and learning found in Fred Chappell's impressive oeuvre and the merging of personal history with social and political history in the work of Gwendolyn Brooks. In May Sarton's poetry he finds a concern with both human and literary development, and he notes the profound wit, neoclassical attention to form, and generous erudition of David R. Slavitt's poems. He considers the skillful and serious experimental poetry of Jackson Mac Low and the deftness of form and tone in William Jay Smith's work. Others whose poetry he discusses are Anthony Hecht, J.V. ".
• catalog extent "xiv, 318 p. ;".
• catalog identifier "0807117552 (cloth : permanent paper)".
• catalog issued "1992".
• catalog issued "c1992.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press,".
• catalog subject "811/.5409 20".
• catalog subject "American poetry 20th century History and criticism.".
• catalog subject "PS325 .T36 1992".
• catalog tableOfContents "J.V. Cunningham : the last variation in regularity -- Anthony Hecht : forms of conviction -- Louis Simpson : great experiments -- John Woods : in the grip of days -- Fred Chappell : the world was plenty -- Robert Watson : everything we cannot see is here -- Gwendolyn Brooks : an essential sanity -- Brewster Ghiselin : the gift of the waters -- William Stafford : millions of intricate moves -- George Garrett : the brutal rush of grace -- William Meredith : in charge of morale in a morbid time -- May Sarton : home to a place beyond exile -- John Hall Wheelock : letting the darkness in -- David R. Slavitt : the fun of the end of the world -- Jackson Mac Low : gristlier translations, arcane pronouns -- William Jay Smith : enter the dark house -- James Wright : in the mode of Robinson and Frost.".
• catalog title "Compulsory figures : essays on recent American poets / Henry Taylor.".
• catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
• catalog type "text".