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Praises and Dispraises

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

272 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1988

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Terrence Des Pres

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