Coin of the Realm: Essays on the Life and Art of Poetry

by Carl Phillips

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The Award-winning poet Carl Phillips grapples with issues of authority, identity, and beauty in these sensual and deeply intelligent essays

The "coin of the realm" is, classically, the currency that for any culture most holds value. In art, as in life, the poet Carl Phillips argues, that currency includes beauty, risk, and authority-values of meaning and complexity that all too often go disregarded. Together, these essays become an...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1555974015

ISBN13:9781555974015

Release Date:June 2004

Publisher:Graywolf Press

Length:246 Pages

Weight:1.30 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.1" x 9.0"

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Criticism & Theory Essays Essays & Correspondence History & Criticism Literary Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Literature Literature & Fiction Poetry

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