Contemporary American poetry
By: edited by Howard Nemerov.
Contributors: Aiken, Conrad, 1889-1973.; Moore, Marianne, 1887-1972.; Berryman, John, 1914-1972.; Duncan, Robert Edward, 1919-; Swenson, May.; Wilbur, Richard, 1921-; Smith, William Jay, 1918-; Weiss, Theodore Russell, 1916-; Dickey, James.; Nemerov, Howard.; Voice of America (Organization)
Series: Voice of America forum lectures
Publisher: United States Information Agency?
Published: 1965
Place of publication: [Washington, D.C.?
Language: eng
Number of pages: 311
Subjects: American poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism.; American poetry -- 20th century.
Notes: Originally broadcast by the Voice of America.

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Table of contents: value: Poetry and the mind of modern man / Conrad Aiken; value: Answers to some questions posed by Howard Nemerov / Marianne Moore; value: One answer to a question / John Berryman; value: Towards an open universe / Robert Duncan; value: The experience of poetry in a scientific age / May Swenson; value: On my own work / Richard Wilbur; value: A frame for poetry / William Jay Smith; value: Toward a classical modernity and modern classicism / Theodore Weiss; value: The poet turns on himself / James Dickey; value: Attentiveness and obedience / Howard Nemerov.