The Past That Poets Make

by Harold Toliver

This is an analysis of the literary art of recapturing the past as the artist perceives it. By clearly distinguishing different ways of creating a past--in fiction, history, and other arts--Toliver enriches our understanding of literary strategies.

The Past that Poets Make examines such questions as how a fictional narrative differs from other ways of seeing a past time; to what extent literature is nontemporal, transcending its...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674656768
• ISBN13: 9780674656765
• Release Date: June 1981
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.5"