{"product_id":"the-undiscovered-country-9780231136389","title":"The Undiscovered Country","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor more than a quarter century, William Logan has delivered clear-eyed and razor-sharp assessments of contemporary and classic poetry. Combining the sensibilities of poet and critic, Logan vividly conveys what he finds most memorable and most damning in a poet's work. Poets discussed include Shakespeare, Whitman, Robert Lowell, Sylvia Plath, Rita Dove, Seamus Heaney, and Czeslaw Milosz.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLogan has firmly established himself as the pit bull of mainstream poetry reviewers. -- Maureen N. McLane Chicago Tribune Sharp writing about poetry can be as delightful as verse itself, a fact William Logan has been proving for years. -- John Freeman Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Exception to the happy talk. His bracing new collection... is filled with hard-hitting reviews that hail quality and drub mediocrity. -- Bil Marx WBUR.ORG Our wittiest critic of contemporary verse lets loose one lethal shaft after another. -- James Marcus Newsday Impeccable understanding of great poetry. Choice The most complete analysis of contemporary English-language poets that we are likely to have. Contemporary Poetry Review William Logan is the best practical critic around. -- Christian Wiman Poetry\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments Introduction: Poetry in the Age of Tin Prisoner, Fancy-Man, Rowdy, Lawyer, Physician, Priest: Whitman's Brags Verse Chronicle: Sins and Sensibility Verse Chronicle: Vanity Fair \"You Must Not Take it So Hard, Madame\" The Mystery of Marianne Moore Verse Chronicle: No Mercy Verse Chronicle: The Way of All Flesh The Extremity of the Flesh Later Auden The Triumph of Geoffrey Hill Verse Chronicle: Author! Author! Verse Chronicle: Folk Tales Houseman's Ghosts Milton in the Modern: The Invention of Personality Verse Chronicle: All Over the Map Verse Chronicle: Falls the Shadow Poetry and the Age: An Introduction The World Out-Herods Herod Lowell's Bubble: A Postscript Verse Chronicle: The Real Language of Men Verse Chronicle: Satanic Mills Auden's Shakespeare Berryman's Shakespeare The Sins of the Sonnets Permissions Books Under Review Index of Authors Reviewed","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400222482775,"sku":"9780231136389","price":83.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780231136389.jpg?v=1730470104","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-undiscovered-country-9780231136389","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}