Poetry has often been considered an irrational genre, more expressive than logical, more meditative than given to coherent argument. And yet, in each of the fou

This collection brings together some of the most prominent critics of contemporary poetry and some of the most significant poets working in the English language

This volume of essays seeks to establish a dialogue between poetry and philosophy where each could be said to read the other and announces important new paths f

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To write or read a poem is often to think in distinctively poetic ways—guided by metaphors, sound, rhythms, associative movement, and more. Poetry’s stance