num_pages: 208
description: A collection of sharp, entertaining, and informative essays by poet Robert Pinsky, Poetry and the World is a passionate inquiry into poetry's place in the modem world. Combining the arts of criticism and autobiography, Pinsky writes about poets as diverse as Walt VVhitman and Philip Freneau, Marianne Moore and Frank O'Hara, about a visit to Poland during the early days of Solidarity, and his own childhood in a seedy New Jersey resort town. The scope and diversity of these essays confirm Pinsky's stature as not only one of our best poets, but as a perceptive and engaging critic as well.
language: English
title: Poetry And The World
titlecomplete: Poetry And The World
genres: Literary Criticism, Criticism, Essays, Poetry, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 14
awards: awardedAt: 568022400000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: Criticism
publisher: Ecco