{"product_id":"dickinsons-nerves-frosts-woods-9780231186148","title":"Dickinsons Nerves Frosts Woods","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWilliam Logan reconciles history and poetry to provide new ways of reading poets ranging from Shakespeare and Shelley to Lowell and Heaney. In these striking essays, Logan presents the poetry of the past through the lens of the past, attempting to bring poems back to the world in which they were made.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDickinson's Nerves, Frost's Woods\u003c\/i\u003e only confirms and enriches my sense that William Logan is the most outstanding critic of poetry now practicing in America. An extraordinary critical effort. -- William Pritchard, Amherst College\u003cbr\u003e[William Logan] should be declared a national treasure. . . . Reading  this book, one learns how to listen carefully, notice details, and ask  discerning questions. . . . Each chapter contrasts two poets (Henry  Wadsworth Longfellow \u0026amp; Lewis Carroll, John Keats \u0026amp; Donald  Justice, Emily Dickinson \u0026amp; Robert Frost, etc.) and overflows (at  times) with insights and delightful digressions that are guaranteed to  inspire literary scholars for generations. * Library Journal (starred review) *\u003cbr\u003eLogan’s ear can be superb, and when he’s on charitable form, he can teach any reader to hear better. There are many such moments in \u003ci\u003eDickinson’s Nerves, Frost’s Woods\u003c\/i\u003e; whole passages of forensic attention that serve as examples to critical thought. -- Cal Revely-Calder * Times Literary Supplement *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eNotes Toward an Introduction\u003cbr\u003e1. Shelley’s Wrinkled Lip, Smith’s Gigantic Leg\u003cbr\u003e2. Frost’s Horse, Wilbur’s Ride\u003cbr\u003e3. Lowell’s Skunk, Heaney’s Skunk\u003cbr\u003e4. Longfellow’s Hiawatha, Carroll’s Hiawatha: The Name and Nature of Parody\u003cbr\u003e5. Keats’s Chapman’s Homer, Justice’s Henry James\u003cbr\u003e6. Shakespeare’s Rotten Weeds, Shakespeare’s Deep Trenches\u003cbr\u003e7. Pound’s Métro, Williams’s Wheelbarrow\u003cbr\u003e8. Dickinson’s Nerves, Frost’s Woods\u003cbr\u003ePermissions\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eIndex","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400327536983,"sku":"9780231186148","price":75.15,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780231186148.jpg?v=1730470399","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/dickinsons-nerves-frosts-woods-9780231186148","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}