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OverviewThe probing essays collected in American Originality scrutinise the terms we use to think about recent American poetry, its antecedents (not just Whitman and Dickinson but Ovid, Rilke, Thomas Mann, Keats) and its future, questioning how we distinguish between work that is unique and work that is original, carefully delineating the allure of both 'shared traditions' and 'the cult of illogic'. Attentive always to risk and danger, Louise Glück illuminates how the poet at work moves between panic and gratitude, agony and resolution. Essays on specific writers and on the larger themes of American literature introduce the terms by which she reads and celebrates ten younger poets whose work she has advocated. Studded with brilliant insights into her own practice and the work of her contemporaries, this is an essential book for any interested reader of new poetry. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Louise GluckPublisher: Carcanet Press Ltd Imprint: Lives and Letters Dimensions: Width: 13.50cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 21.60cm ISBN: 9781800171558ISBN 10: 1800171552 Pages: 208 Publication Date: 29 April 2021 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviews'Gluck speaks to our time in a voice that is onstage, but heard from the wings' - Publishers Weekly Author InformationLouise Glück is the author of twelve books of poems and two collections of essays. In 2020 she received the Nobel Prize for Literature 'for her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal'. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |