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A Thickness of Particulars: The Poetry of Anthony Hecht is the first book-length study of one of the great formal poets of the later twentieth century (1923-2004). Making use of Hecht's correspondence, which the author edited, it situates Hecht's writings in the context of pre- and post-World-War II verse, including poetry written by W. H. Auden, Elizabeth Bishop, Robert Lowell, James Merrill, and Richard Wilbur. In nine chapters, the book ranges over Hecht's full career, with special emphasis placed on the effects of the war on his memory; Hecht participated in the final push by the Allied troops in Europe and was involved in the liberation of the Flossenburg Concentration Camp. The study explores the important place Venice and Italy occupied in his imagination as well as the significance of the visual and dramatic arts and music more generally. Chapters are devoted to analyzing celebrated individual poems (such as

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Book category Knihy po anglicky Literature & literary studies Literature: history & criticism Literary studies: general

• Full title: Thickness of Particulars
• Subtitle: The Poetry of Anthony Hecht
• Author: Jonathan Post
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 320
• EAN: 9780199660711
• ISBN: 0199660719
• ID: 09358491
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Weight: 528 g
• Dimensions: 149 × 280 × 26 mm
• Date of publishing: 10. December 2015

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