| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 220 pages) |
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Frank Stokes among the masters -- The sound poetographer : [Sam B. Davis] -- The sophypoetics of Blake Scranton -- Illinois prosodies of John Knoepfle and Carolyn Rodgers -- Precipitation : the poetry of Corrine Frisch -- Under the light of the moon : "Impressions," "Words," revelation : [Rosina Neginsky] -- "We'll build in sonnets pretty rooms" : [Siobhan and David Pitchford] -- Daze dawn : [Hugh Kenner] -- A certain dignity : [Kenneth Sibley] -- Inside The outsider : [Mike Mikus] -- Blackston's "Rainbow / of iron" : wild sonnets and other playful forms : [Daniel Blackston] -- Under Western eyes : [Lee Gurga] -- Considered space : [Ryan Reeves] -- Her studied gandering : (in memoriam) : [Martha Whitaker-McGill] -- Aaron Wayne's world |
| Summary |
"It is tremendously important that great poetry be written. It makes no jot of difference who writes it." Ezra Pound's remark makes some polemic, but still more prescriptive sense, as evaluative of our present situation. Some great poetry (never mind the far larger quantity of trash) is emerging - from countless coteries of devoted artists, quite plausibly in your community. This anthology brings to press fifteen exemplary poets from Springfield, Illinois and its environs. Yet though endorsin .. |
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Poetry and literary criticism |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
American poetry -- Illinois
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American poetry -- Illinois -- History and criticism
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Literature & literary studies.
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Poetry.
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Literary studies: poetry & poets.
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POETRY -- American -- General.
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American poetry
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Illinois
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1443845779 |
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9781443845779 |
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