A Thickness of Particulars: The Poetry of Anthony Hecht

ISBN-13: 9780198828280 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 320 str.

Jonathan F. S. Post

Opis

A Thickness of Particulars: The Poetry of Anthony Hecht uses Hecht's own correspondence to present the first book-length study of one of the great formal poets of the later twentieth century (1923-2004).

Recenzje

Throughout the book, Post's erudite and scholarly analysis of Hecht's considerable corpus illuminates the formal power, moral depth, and intellectual brilliance of this important American poet.

O autorze

Jonathan Post is Distinguished Professor of English at UCLA and teaches and writes primarily on early modern and modern and contemporary poetry. He received his Ph.D. at the University of Rochester, studying primarily under Joseph Summers and Anthony Hecht. His interests include art, music, and literature. He was Chair of the UCLA English Department from 1990-1993, and has served several times as interim dean of Humanities. He has held fellowships from the National Endowment of the Humanities, The Folger Shakespeare Library, The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, and The Bogliasco Foundation.