Affirming Limits: Essays on Mortality, Choice, and Poetic FormUniversity of Massachusetts Press, 1985 - 263 pages |
Contents
The Chameleon Poet | 23 |
THREE Silences Sighs Caesuras Ellipses Ohs and Ahs | 41 |
The Anatomy of Loss | 67 |
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Affirming Limits: Essays on Mortality, Choice, and Poetic Form Robert Pack No preview available - 1988 |
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