A Way of Happening: Observations of Contemporary Poetry

by Fred Chappell

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One of our most acclaimed and versatile authors, Fred Chappell is comfortably at home in fiction, poetry, and literary criticism. A Way of Happening gathers his essays and reviews of contemporary poetry. Chappell consider new writers as well as more established authors, including Alfred Corn, William Matthews, A. R. Ammons, Linda Pastan, Julia Randall, Cornelius Eady, Alan Shapiro, and many others. And there are essays on the plight of the critic ("Thanks but No Thanks") and the delicate role of the writing teacher ("First Night Come Round Again").

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0312180330

ISBN13:9780312180331

Release Date:March 1998

Publisher:Picador USA

Length:320 Pages

Weight:1.16 lbs.

Dimensions:1.1" x 5.8" x 8.6"

Related Subjects

Criticism & Theory Education & Reference History & Criticism Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Literature & Fiction Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Poetry

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