A long essay on the long poem : modern and contemporary poetics and practices / Rachel Blau DuPlessis.

"In A Long Essay on the Long Poem, DuPlessis invokes a quote from Ronald Johnson: "Americans like to write big poems, even if people don't read them." It's a joke, in part, but also a telling indication of the difficulty of the subject. Long poems are elusive, particularly i...

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Main Author:	DuPlessis, Rachel Blau (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Tuscaloosa, Alabama : The University of Alabama Press, [2023]
Series:	Modern and contemporary poetics.
Subjects:	Poetry > History and criticism. Poetics. Poetry. Criticism, interpretation, etc.