1980 Farrar, Straus and Giroux. First Edition. Hardcover, 381 pages. This fourth and final collection of Randall Jarrell's essays and reviews follows Poetry and the Age (1953, A Sad Heart at the... This description may be from another edition of this product.
jarrell shows everything that is wrong with criticism today. the intelligence, wit, good writing, and fearlessness that is found in his criticism is missed in the critics of today. jarrell writes on everything, poetry, prose, art, music, and even cars. and he does it well.i've only seen one other critic with this skill, and i believe he has a collection of his essays/reviews coming out soon: R.S. Gwynn
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