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Bezig met laden... The Strength of Poetry: Oxford Lecturesdoor James Fenton
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Why should a poet feel the need to be original? What is the relationship between genius and apprenticeship? James Fenton, Oxford Professor of Poetry from 1994 to 1999 and winner of the Whitbread Prize for Poetry, examines some of the most intriguing questions behind the making of the art - issues of creativity and the earning of success, of judgement, tutorage, rivalry and ambition. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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In some ways, Fenton is better dealing with male poets. He writes with conviction and respect on Marianne Moore, Elizabeth Bishop, and Sylvia Plath. But he truly shines when discussing Wilfrid Owen, Seamus Heaney, D.H. Lawrence, and W.H. Auden, on whom there are three essays. Perhaps I should have placed Philip Larkin at the front of that list, but unusually here, Fenton’s scholarship and incisive observation diminishes rather than burnishes Larkin’s reputation. It was ever thus—poets move up or down in standing as critics disabuse us of our blinders with respect to them.
Fine criticism, I think, typically draws us back to the texts it explores with renewed enthusiasm. That is surely the case here. This is criticism that gently nudges us in certain directions and then, for the most part, seeks to absent the field. It returns us to the poems and lets their strengths act upon us. A fine collection of essays, highly recommended. ( )