Modern Element - Essays on Contemporary Poetry

A collection of critical essays, previously published in such magazines as The New Republic and The New Yorker, is a provocative survey of contemporary poetry that scrutinizes the achievements of such writers as Billy Collins, Sharon Olds, and Derek Walcott.

About the author

Adam Kirsch is the author of several books of poetry and criticism. A 2016 Guggenheim Fellow, Kirsch is an editor at the Wall Street Journal’s Weekend Review section and has written for publications including The New Yorker and Tablet. He lives in New York.

Summary

A collection of bold, insightful, and controversial essays by “a poetry critic of the very first order” (New York Times).

Product details

• Authors: Adam Kirsch
• Publisher: Norton
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.01.2008
• EAN: 9780393062717
• ISBN: 978-0-393-06271-7
• No. of pages: 354
• Weight: 510 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies