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By Magill, Frank Northen
- ISBN
- 978-0-89356-967-9
- Publisher
- Pasadena, Calif. : Salem Press, c1998.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on May 1, 1999
Gr 9-Up Respectful, often insightful, and occasionally inspired, these biographies are good introductions to 110 poets from Homer, Sappho, and Li Po to James Merrill, Yevgeny Yevtushenko, and Jorie Graham. In addition to the standard figures-Rainer Maria Rilke, Federico Garc a Lorca, Pablo Neruda-there is also a handful of less-familiar names-Osip Mandelstam, Nelly Sachs, and C sar Vallejo. The articles have been selected from Critical Survey of Poetry: English Language Series (1992) and Critical Survey of Poetry: Forei...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
