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More copies of this ISBNThis title in other editionsCan Poetry Matter?: Essays on Poetry and American Cultureby Dana Gioia
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:In 1991, Dana Gioia's provocative essay "Can Poetry Matter?" was published in the Atlantic Monthly, and received more public response than any other piece in the magazine's history. In his book, Gioia more fully addressed the question: Is there a place for poetry to be part of modern American mainstream culture? Ten years later, the debate is as lively and heated as ever. Graywolf is pleased to re-issue this highly acclaimed collection in a handsome new edition, which includes a new Introduction by distinguished critic and poet, Dana Gioia. An acclaimed poet, essayist, anthologist, BBC commentator, and critic, Dana Gioia is the author of Interrogations at Noon, a collection of poems that received the American Book Award, and Nosferatu, a libretto. He was recently nominated to be Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts and lives in Santa Rosa, California, with his family. National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist When it was originally published in the Atlantic Monthly in 1991, Gioia's landmark article "Can Poetry Matter?" received more public response than any other piece in the magazine's history. This provocative essay collection, a contemporary classic now appearing in a special tenth-anniversary edition and featuring a new Introduction by the author, addresses more fully Gioia's key question: Is there a place for poetry in modern American mainstream culture? "This book is destined to be a classic."Michael J. Bugeja, Columbus Dispatch "Gioia is an engaged, thoroughgoing, enthusiastic reader, one who infuses us with his passion for poetry. If you're an educated general reader, and you read only one book about contemporary poetry, this should be that book."Ray Olson, Booklist "No one, I think, has written with greater clarity or greater poignancyor with a greater sense of urgency, eitherabout the 'subculture' in which the art of poetry is still confined."Hilton Kramer, The New Criterion "Can Poetry Matter? is an important book, and anyone who professes to care about the state of American poetry will have to take it into account."World Literature Today "This book is destined to be a classic."Michael J. Bugeja, Columbus Dispatch Review:"No one, I think, has written with greater clarity or greater poignancy ? or with a greater sense of urgency..." Booklist Review:"No one, I think, has written with greater clarity or greater poignancy — or with a greater sense of urgency" Hilton Kramer, The New Criterion Review:"Can Poetry Matter? is an important book, and anyone who professes to care about the state of American poetry will have to take it into account." World Literature Today Synopsis:In 1991, Dana Gioia's provocative essay "Can Poetry Matter?" was published in the Atlantic Monthly, and received more public response than any other piece in the magazine's history. In his book, Gioia more fully addressed the question: Is there a place for poetry to be part of modern American mainstream culture? Ten years later, the debate is as lively and heated as ever. Graywolf is pleased to re-issue this highly acclaimed collection in a handsome new edition, which includes a new Introduction by distinguished critic and poet, Dana Gioia. About the AuthorAn acclaimed poet, essayist, anthologist, BBC commentator, and critic, Dana Gioia is also the author of, most recently, Interrogations at Noon, a collection of poems that received the American Book Award, and Nosferatu, a libretto. He was recently nominated to be Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts and lives in Santa Rosa, California, with his family. Table of ContentsIntroduction to Tenth-Anniversary Edition Preface Can Poetry Matter? The Dilemma of the Long Poem Notes on the New Formalism Strong Counsel (Robinson Jeffers) The Loneliness of Weldon Kees The Anonymity of the Regional Poet (Ted Kooser) Business and Poetry Two Views of Wallace Stevens The Sense of the Sleight-of-Hand Man The Emperor of Hartford Bourgeois in Bohemia (T. S. Eliot) The Successful Career of Robert Bly Short Views John Ashbery Margaret Atwood Jared Carter James Dickey Tom Disch Maxine Kumin Radcliffe Squires Theodore Weiss The Difficult Case of Howard Moss Tradition and an Individual Talent (Donald Justice) The Example of Elizabeth Bishop The Poet in an Age of Prose What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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