Death to the Death of Poetry: Essays, Reviews, Notes, Interviews
- ISBN-10
- 0472095714
- ISBN-13
- 9780472095711
- Category
- Literary Criticism / General
- Pages
- 157
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Author
- Donald Hall
Description
A spirited defense of the vitality of contemporary poetry.
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