The Situation of Poetry:
Contemporary Poetry and Its Traditions
Robert Pinsky

Paper | 1978 | $25.95 / £17.95 | ISBN: 9780691013527
200 pp.

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Review:

"The mind at work in The Situation of Poetry is lively, fresh, and critical without being obsessed by the rigor of criticism. [Pinsky's] comments are brief, vivid, distinct. . . and his taste is excellent."--Denis Donoghue, The New York Times Book Review

"No one can read Pinsky's writing without being provoked to thought."--Helen Vendler, The Nation

Endorsement:

"A first-rate piece of work. I can't imagine anyone capable of reading this book and not learning from it."--Hugh Kenner

Other Princeton books authored or coauthored by Robert Pinsky:

• Democracy, Culture and the Voice of Poetry.
• An Explanation of America.
• Sadness and Happiness: Poems by Robert Pinsky.

Series:

• Princeton Essays in Literature

Subject Areas:

• American Literature
• British Literature

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