Longenbach, James.

The virtues of poetry / James Longenbach. - xi, 169 pages ; 21 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-164) and index.

The various light -- Best thought -- Less than everything -- Writing badly -- The door ajar -- Infinitude -- A fine excess -- Correct catastrophe -- The visible core -- The opposite of risk -- Poetry thinking -- All changed.

Twelve interconnected essays that describe the ways in which particular virtues are enacted in poetry.

9781555976378 (pbk.) : $14.00 1555976379

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Poetry.
Poetry--History and criticism--Theory, etc.
Virtues in literature.
Literaturtheorie.
Lyrik.

PN 1042 / .L665 2013