On the poet and his craft
Subtitle: selected prose.
By: Edited with an introd. by Ralph J. Mills, Jr.
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Published: 1965
Place of publication: Seattle
Language: eng
Number of pages: 154
Subjects: Poetry.; Poetics.
Description: Overview: "One of the virtues of good poetry is the fact that it irritates the mediocre." Theodore Roethke was one of the most famous and outspoken poets and poetry teachers this country has ever known. 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.