Praises and Dispraises

by Terrence Des Pres

Examines the role of poetry in an increasingly apoetic world, illuminating the work of Yeats, Brecht, Breytenbach, Adrienne Rich, and Thomas McGrath, and urges a poetic acknowledgement of the political world around us

Genres: Poetry

272 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1988

Reviews

[Leif · Rating 4 out of 5]

Des Pres is a man gone before his time. Impassioned, erudite, and humane criticism on poets from America, South Africa, Ireland and England.