First book, the: twentieth-century poetic careers in america
Auteur :
Zuba, Jesse
Éditeur :
Princeton University Press
ISBN :
9780691271118
Date de publication :
15 juil. 2025
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,6 cm
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
We have many poets of the First Book," the poet and critic Louis Simpson remarked in 1957, describing a sense that the debut poetry collection not only launched the contemporary poetic career but also had come to define it. Surveying American poetry over the past hundred years, The First Book explores the emergence of the poetic debut as a unique