Why don't we say what we mean? : essays mostly about poetry /

A poet's meditations on the artistry of Edwin Arlington Robinson, Thomas Hardy, Wisława Szymborska, Ben Jonson, Henry James, Gertrude Stein, Lewis Carroll, and Robert Frost, the paintings of René Magritte, and a collaborative writing process with poet Stephen Dunn.--

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Raab, Lawrence, 1946- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: North Adams, Massachusetts : Tupelo Press, 2016.
Edition:First paperback edition.
Series:Tupelo Press's Life in art series.
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505 0 |a Not knowing -- Should poems tell the truth? -- Choosing the wrong subject -- Poetry and consolation -- Poetry and stupidity -- Teased into thought: three endings -- In a different hour: collaboration, revision, and friendship -- Forgetting: on "At evening" -- First love: on Lewis Carroll's "Jabberwocky" -- Why don't we say what we mean? Robert Frost's "Mending wall" -- Thinking out loud: on Wisława Szymborska -- A clock called the wind: René Magritte and the mysteries of metaphor -- Remarks as literature: The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas by Gertrude Stein -- Ghosts and their discontents -- Poetry and dreams. 
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