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100 great poems of the twentieth century
By Strand, Mark
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-39305-894-9
- Publisher
- New York : W.W. Norton, c2005.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on June 15, 2005
Any poetry anthology can be an argument waiting to happen, but Pulitzer Prize winner and former U.S. poet laureate Strand (Blizzard of One ) preempts criticism by acknowledging up front the subjectivity of his choices, his biases and benchmarks. (About half of these "100 great poems" come from Americans, though none are by U.S. poets born after 1927.) Strand admits that the absence of poems from Asia and Africa reflects a personal lac...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
