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Reflections on the Intensity of Language
Liveright
April 2015
On Sale: March 31, 2015
256 pages
ISBN: 1631490273
EAN: 9781631490279
Kindle: B00L4HAWYW
Hardcover / e-Book
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Non-Fiction
Clive James is one of our finest critics and best-beloved
cultural voices. He is also a prize-winning poet. Since he
was first enthralled by the mysterious power of poetry, he
has been a dedicated student. In fact, for him, poetry has
been nothing less than the occupation of his lifetime, and
in this book he presents a distillation of all he’s learned
about the art form that matters to him most. With his customary wit, delightfully lucid prose style and
wide-ranging knowledge, Clive James explains the difference
between the innocuous stuff so prevalent today and a real
poem: the latter being a work of unity that insists on being
heard entire and threatens never to leave the memory. A
committed formalist and an astute commentator, James
examines the poems and legacies of a panorama of
twentieth-century poets, from Hart Crane to Ezra Pound, from
Ted Hughes to Anne Sexton. In some cases he includes second
readings or rereadings from later in life—just to be sure he
wasn’t wrong the first time! Whether demanding that poetry
must be heard beyond the world of poetry or opining on his
five favorite poets (Yeats, Frost, Auden, Wilbur, and
Larkin), James captures the whole truth of life's transience
in this unforgettably eloquent book on how to read and
appreciate modern poetry.
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