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Selected Essays of Karl Shapiro
By Shapiro, Karl Jay & Phillips, Robert K.
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- ISBN
- 978-1-56663-557-8
- Publisher
- Ivan R. Dee Publisher
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Reviewed on March 15, 2004
Shapiro (1913-2000) was a self-described poet, editor, essayist, anthologist, and professor (one can also add librarian) who wrote 14 books of poetry, four books of essays, and a number of works in other genres. This collection of literary criticism reprints 20 representative essays and lectures from the collections of his prose works. It is divided into two parts: the first covers individual poets, e.g., T.S. Eliot, Ezra Pound, W.B. Yeats, William Carlos Williams, and Walt Whitman, while the secon...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
