The Ocean, the Bird, and the Scholar: Essays on Poets and Poetry

by Helen Vendler

Book Overview

A Times Higher Education Book of the Week

One of our foremost commentators on poetry examines the work of a broad range of nineteenth- and twentieth-century English, Irish, and American poets. The Ocean, the Bird, and the Scholar gathers two decades' worth of Helen Vendler's essays, book reviews, and occasional prose--including the 2004 Jefferson Lecture--in a single volume.

"It's one of Vendler's] finest books, an...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674984080
• ISBN13: 9780674984080
• Release Date: May 2018
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.2"