Collected ProseJames Wright, Anne Wright, Edith Anne Wright A collection of Wright's essays on the language of poetry |
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... human . Yet I say at the end of the poem that this is what I have to be , human . Human life is a mess . This is something I wanted to say , and I said it . D.S .: You have said in other places that you consider yourself a nature poet ...
... human . Yet I say at the end of the poem that this is what I have to be , human . Human life is a mess . This is something I wanted to say , and I said it . D.S .: You have said in other places that you consider yourself a nature poet ...
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... human vic- tims in situations which would justify , if anything can justify , self - pity . It is the lonely man speaking out to lonely men , and trying to sow the desert for the sake of a human community . Sometimes this experienced ...
... human vic- tims in situations which would justify , if anything can justify , self - pity . It is the lonely man speaking out to lonely men , and trying to sow the desert for the sake of a human community . Sometimes this experienced ...
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... human , and human love is a hell . Coming home , acclaimed , he responded by grieving over his failure to achieve a fulfillment of love with the living . And yet they were cheering him ! Imagine . He is a very great poet . Instead of ...
... human , and human love is a hell . Coming home , acclaimed , he responded by grieving over his failure to achieve a fulfillment of love with the living . And yet they were cheering him ! Imagine . He is a very great poet . Instead of ...
Contents
The Stiff Smile of Mr Warren | 239 |
The Terrible Threshold | 249 |
A Study and a Selection | 256 |
Copyright | |
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