One Kind of Everything: Poem and Person in Contemporary America
By
Dan Chiasson (Author)
Hardback
Available / dispatched within 1 - 4 weeks
Quantity
Description
"One Kind of Everything" elucidates the uses of autobiography and constructions of personhood in American poetry since World War II, with helpful reference to American literature in general since Emerson. Taking on one of the most crucial issues in American poetry of the last fifty years, celebrated poet Dan Chiasson explores what is lost or gained when real-life experiences are made part of the subject matter and source material for poetry. In five extended, scholarly essays - on Robert Lowell, Elizabeth Bishop, Frank Bidart, Frank O'Hara, and Louise Gluck - Chiasson looks specifically to bridge the chasm between formal and experimental poetry in the United States. Regardless of form, Chiasson argues that recent American poetry is most thoughtful when it engages forcefully with autobiographical material, either in an effort to embrace it or denounce it.
About the Author
Dan Chiasson is associate professor of English at Wellesley College. He is the author of three books of poetry: The Afterlife of Objects, Natural History, and Where's the Moon, There's the Moon.
More Details
- Contributor: Dan Chiasson
- Imprint: University of Chicago Press
- ISBN13: 9780226103815
- Number of Pages: 208
- Packaged Dimensions: 16x22x2mm
- Packaged Weight: 397
- Format: Hardback
- Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
- Release Date: 2007-03-09
- Binding: Hardback
- Biography: Dan Chiasson is associate professor of English at Wellesley College. He is the author of three books of poetry: The Afterlife of Objects, Natural History, and Where's the Moon, There's the Moon.
Delivery Options
Home Delivery
Store Delivery
Free Returns
We hope you are delighted with everything you buy from us. However, if you are not, we will refund or replace your order up to 30 days after purchase. Terms and exclusions apply; find out more from our Returns and Refunds Policy.