On Poetry and Craft: Selected Prose (Writing Re: Writing)
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| Rating | : | 4.80 (808 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 155659156X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-07-18 |
| Language | : | English |
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Roethke died on August 1, 1963, while swimming in a friend's pool."But before I'm reduced to an absolute pulp by my own ambivalence, I must say goodbye. So it's going to be lik. Nymphs, I wish you the swoops of many fish. In this volume of selected prose, Roethke articulates his commitments to imaginative possibilities, offers tender advice to young writers, and zings darts at stuffed shirts, lightweights and fools."Art is our defense against hysteria and death."With the assistance of Roet
His first book, Open House (1941), took ten years to write and was critically acclaimed upon its publication. Theodore Roethke was born in Saginaw, Michigan, in 1908. He taught at various colleges and universities, including Lafayette, Pennsylvania State, and Bennington, and worked last at the University of Washington, where he was mentor to a generation of poets that included David Wagoner, Carolyn Kizer, Tess Gallagher, and Richard Hugo. Roethke died in 1963. He went on to p
So much potential talesin I bought this book because I admire Roethke's poetry. Unfortunately the best and most interesting part of the book is the excellent foreword written by Carolyn Kizer. She manages to bring him alive - as a teacher, not just as a poet - gives a sense of the enormous excitement that the members of "that extraordinary class of '55" (including Kizer, James Wright, and Jack Gilbert) must have felt. You finish reading the introduction feeling a huge sense of anticipation and that's about it.Roethke on himself is uninteresting. Ego, a couple of aphor. Creativity is Hard to Teach A. Remington I found the poet's thoughts quite helpful and not as self-indulgent as other reviewers. I think Roethke also considered himself to be an artist at teaching as well as at writing. His was not a case of "those cannot do, teach". He established a style of relating and conveying materials to students with many years of success. Most importantly, no teacher can instruct how to be a good or great writer. Every instructor in the arts faces this dilemma.I found Roethke's thoughts to have much merit. They aren't obtrusive or intrusive just a catch as c. A favorite JoAnn Anglin The wisdom and amazing wordcraft of Roethke come through in this wonderful guide to getting into poetry and the many things one can get out of it.
In his notebooks, Roethke dissected his own pieces and the works of other writers he valued, such as W.B. From Library Journal This fresh look at the thoughts of Pulitzer Prize- and National Book Award-winning poet Roethke was created from two previous volumes of the writer's prose notebooks: On the Poet and His Craft (1965) and Straw for the Fire: From the Notebooks of Theodore Roethke, 1943-62 (1972). . Yeats, Stanley Kunitz, Dylan Thomas, and James Joyce. A perfect work for students and aspiring writers; recommended for literature and creative writing collections. This volume focuses on Roethke as a demanding yet introspective teacher who struggled with his personal life and taught his students the value