Randall Jarrell and His Age

Name: Randall Jarrell and His Age
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ISBN: 9780231125956

ISBN-10: 023112595X

ISBN-13: 9780231125956

Edition: 2005

Authors: Stephanie Burt

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Randall Jarrell (1914-1965) was the most influential poetry critic of his generation. He was also a lyric poet, comic novelist, translator, childrens book author, and close friend of Elizabeth Bishop, Robert Lowell, Hannah Arendt, and many other important writers of his time. Jarrell won the 1960 National Book Award for poetry and served as poetry consultant to the Library of Congress. Amid the resurgence of interest in Randall Jarrell, Stephen Burt offers this brilliant analysis of the poet and essayist. Burts book examines all of Jarrells work, incorporating new research based on previously undiscovered essays and poems. Other books have examined Jarrells poetry in biographical or formal…

Book details

List price: $34.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 4/6/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 0.57" wide x 0.86" long x 0.07" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction


Antechapter: Randall Jarrell's Life



Jarrell's Interpersonal Style



Institutions, Professions, Criticism



Psychology and Psychoanalysis



Time and Memory



Childhood and Youth



Men, Women, Children, Families


Conclusion: "What We See and Feel and Are"


Notes


Bibliography


Index