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The heart of American poetry

text The heart of American poetry

Summary
"We live in unsettled times. What is America and who are we as a people? How do we understand the dreams and betrayals that have shaped the American experience? For poet and critic Edward Hirsch, poetry opens up new ways of answering these questio... Read more
Contents
Introduction: The education of a poet -- "The author to her book" / Anne Bradstreet -- "To S. M. a young African painter, on seeing his works" / Phillis Wheatley -- "The Jewish cemetery at Newport" / Henry Wadsworth Longfellow -- "Out of the cradl... Read more
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xxvii, 452 pages ; 24 cm
Publisher
Library of America 2022

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Woodmere (Main Branch) 808.1 HIR in Adult Non-fiction Available

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