Skeptical Music: Essays on Modern Poetry

by David Bromwich

Book Overview

Skeptical Music collects the essays on poetry that have made David Bromwich one of the most widely admired critics now writing. Both readers familiar with modern poetry and newcomers to poets like Marianne Moore and Hart Crane will relish this collection for its elegance and power of discernment. Each essay stakes a definitive claim for the modernist style and its intent to capture an audience beyond the present moment.

The two general...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226075613
• ISBN13: 9780226075617
• Release Date: March 2001
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"