Guilty Knowledge, Guilty Pleasure: The Dirty Art of Poetry

by William Logan

Book Overview

William Logan has been a thorn in the side of American poetry for more than three decades. Though he has been called the "most hated man in American poetry," his witty and articulate reviews have reminded us how muscular good reviewing can be. These new essays and reviews take poetry at its word, often finding in its hardest cases the greatest reasons for hope. Logan begins with a devastating polemic against the wish to have critics announce their...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231166869
• ISBN13: 9780231166867
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher