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...these exploratory conversations traverse a wide range of texts and poetic careers with an eye, always, to new challenges and unfulfilled possibilities. The interlocutors' exchanges are open-minded, witty, richly informed, and appropriately free of jargon and ideological bias. Laurence Stapleton writes as one who loves poetry and warmly respects the risk and adventure of poetic creation in all its forms. -- Warner Berthoff, professor emeritus, Harvard University It is a pleasure to overhear the conversations of Laurence Stapleton's discussants, whose comments on poets and their poems-always informed, intense, and interesting-enlarge the reader's appreciation and understanding of half a dozen major poets of our century. -- Daniel Hoffman, University of Pennslyvania ...present[s]...a unified view...[that is] entirely rational, deeply considered, highly informed, and distinctly worth hearing....most definitely a significant contribution. This [book] is earnest without being pedestrian, serious without being lugubrious, and interesting to boot. -- Burton Raffel, University of Southwestern Louisiana ...present[s]...a unified view...[that is] entirely rational, deeply considered, highly informed, and distinctly worth hearing....most definitely a significant contribution. This [book] is earnest without being pedestrian, serious without being lugubrious, and interesting to boot. -- Burton Raffel, University of Southwestern Louisiana ...these exploratory conversations traverse a wide range of texts and poetic careers with an eye, always, to new challenges and unfulfilled possibilities. The interlocutors' exchanges are open-minded, witty, richly informed, and appropriately free of jargon and ideological bias. Laurence Stapleton writes as one who loves poetry and warmly respects the risk and adventure of poetic creation in all its forms. -- Warner Berthoff, professor emeritus, Harvard University It is a pleasure to overhear the conversations of Laurence Stapleton's discussants, whose comments on poets and their poems-always informed, intense, and interesting-enlarge the reader's appreciation and understanding of half a dozen major poets of our century. -- Daniel Hoffman, University of Pennslyvania

...these exploratory conversations traverse a wide range of texts and poetic careers with an eye, always, to new challenges and unfulfilled possibilities. The interlocutors' exchanges are open-minded, witty, richly informed, and appropriately free of jargon and ideological bias. Laurence Stapleton writes as one who loves poetry and warmly respects the risk and adventure of poetic creation in all its forms. -- Warner Berthoff, professor emeritus, Harvard University It is a pleasure to overhear the conversations of Laurence Stapleton's discussants, whose comments on poets and their poems-always informed, intense, and interesting-enlarge the reader's appreciation and understanding of half a dozen major poets of our century. -- Daniel Hoffman, University of Pennslyvania ...present[s]...a unified view...[that is] entirely rational, deeply considered, highly informed, and distinctly worth hearing...most definitely a significant contribution. This [book] is earnest without being pedestrian, serious without being lugubrious, and interesting to boot. -- Burton Raffel, University of Southwestern Louisiana ...present[s]...a unified view...[that is] entirely rational, deeply considered, highly informed, and distinctly worth hearing...most definitely a significant contribution. This [book] is earnest without being pedestrian, serious without being lugubrious, and interesting to boot. -- Burton Raffel, University of Southwestern Louisiana ...these exploratory conversations traverse a wide range of texts and poetic careers with an eye, always, to new challenges and unfulfilled possibilities. The interlocutors' exchanges are open-minded, witty, richly informed, and appropriately free of jargon and ideological bias. Laurence Stapleton writes as one who loves poetry and warmly respects the risk and adventure of poetic creation in all its forms. -- Warner Berthoff, professor emeritus, Harvard University It is a pleasure to overhear the conversations of Laurence Stapleton's discussants, whose comments on poets and their poems-always informed, intense, and interesting-enlarge the reader's appreciation and understanding of half a dozen major poets of our century. -- Daniel Hoffman, University of Pennslyvania

It is a pleasure to overhear the conversations of Laurence Stapleton's discussants, whose comments on poets and their poems--always informed, intense, and interesting--enlarge the reader's appreciation and understanding of half a dozen major poets of our century.--Hoffman, Daniel

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^BLaurence Stapleton^B is Mary E. Garrett Professor Emeritus of English at Bryn Mawr College.

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