Mailer (Modern Masters)

Poirier, Richard

Fontana

Richard Poirier’s A World Elsewhere, originally published in 1966 by the Oxford University Press, is a signal book in American literature and literary history. Widely acclaimed upon publication, it has since taken its place among a handful of books considered mandatory reading for all students and scholars in the field. Poirier’s classic work, hailed both for its original thesis and for its stylistic elegance and clarity, is once again made available in this new Wisconsin paperback edition.

A World Elsewhere: The Place of Style in American Literature

Oxford University Press

Richard Poirier’s A World Elsewhere, originally published in 1966 by the Oxford University Press, is a signal book in American literature and literary history. Widely acclaimed upon publication, it has since taken its place among a handful of books considered mandatory reading for all students and scholars in the field. Poirier’s classic work, hailed both for its original thesis and for its stylistic elegance and clarity, is once again made available in this new Wisconsin paperback edition.

A World Elsewhere : The Place of Style in American Literature

Oxford Univ Pr (T)

Robert Frost: The Work of Knowing

The work of American poet Robert Frost (1874-1963) aspired to be accessible and colloquial. Instead of looking to Europe for inspiration, as did some of his contemoraries, Frost aimed to develop an authentic voice, with the rhythms and vocabulary of everyday American speech.

Literature & Fiction

World Elsewhere

United States

University of Wisconsin Press

Examines the cultural and human value of literature, offering a new interpretation of Emersonian authors, from William James to Wallace Stevens

The Renewal of Literature: Emersonian Reflections

Yale University Press

As the title suggests, Poirier (distinguished professor emeritus, Rutgers University) believes that the US has been uncommonly hospitable to literary and artistic experimentation. With analytical daring and shrewd literary delicacy, he advances this theme in biographical and literary studies of Emerson, Whitman, Melville, Mailer, and other American writers. He also gives accounts of the significance of several artists and performers, and discusses myths of America by outside observers. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Trying It Out in America: Literary and Other Perfomanaces

History & Criticism

Farrar. Straus & Giroux

Trying It Out in America: Literary and Other Performances

Farrar. Straus and Giroux

RENEWAL OF LITERATURE

Random House]

Renewal of Literature Emersonian Reflect

Faber Faber Inc

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