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Lives of the Poets

By Michael Schmidt

By Michael Schmidt

By Michael Schmidt

By Michael Schmidt

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Paperback $21.00

Oct 31, 2000 | ISBN 9780375706042

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Apr 14, 2010 | ISBN 9780307557520

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    About Lives of the Poets

    National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist

    In this stunning volume of epic breadth, Michael Schmidt connects the lives and works of more than 300 poets over the last 700 years–spanning distant shores from Scotland to Australia to the Caribbean, all sharing the English language.

    Schmidt reveals how each poet has transformed "a common language of poetry" into the rustic rhythms and elegiac ballads, love sonnets, and experimental postmodern verse that make up our lyrical canon.

    A comprehensive guided tour that is lively and always accessible, Lives of the Poets illuminates our most transcendent literary tradition.

    About Lives of the Poets

    National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist

    In this stunning volume of epic breadth, Michael Schmidt connects the lives and works of more than 300 poets over the last 700 years–spanning distant shores from Scotland to Australia to the Caribbean, all sharing the English language.

    Schmidt reveals how each poet has transformed "a common language of poetry" into the rustic rhythms and elegiac ballads, love sonnets, and experimental postmodern verse that make up our lyrical canon.

    A comprehensive guided tour that is lively and always accessible, Lives of the Poets illuminates our most transcendent literary tradition.

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    About Michael Schmidt

    Michael Schmidt is the author of The Novel: A Biography and the National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist, Lives of the Poets. Schmidt studied at Harvard and at Wadham College, Oxford. In 1969, he founded Carcanet Press Limited, where he… More about Michael Schmidt

    About Michael Schmidt

    Michael Schmidt is the author of The Novel: A Biography and the National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist, Lives of the Poets. Schmidt studied at Harvard and at Wadham College, Oxford. In 1969, he founded Carcanet Press Limited, where he… More about Michael Schmidt

    Product Details

    Category: Arts & Entertainment Biographies & Memoirs | Literary Figure Biographies & Memoirs | Poetry | Literary Criticism

    Paperback | $21.00
    Published by Vintage
    Oct 31, 2000 | 992 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780375706042

    Category: Arts & Entertainment Biographies & Memoirs | Literary Figure Biographies & Memoirs | Poetry | Literary Criticism

    Ebook | $13.99
    Published by Vintage
    Apr 14, 2010 | 992 Pages | ISBN 9780307557520
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    "Exceedingly pleasurable—an essential book."—The Boston Book Review

    "The work of a man who has read widely and lovingly—an astonishing effort."—The New York Times Book Review

    "A seductive masterpiece, to be savored alike for its vigilant profundity and for its sustained freshness." —Sunday Times (London)

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