What to Write, What to Hate.

Here the author reflects on the purpose of poetry. According to Henry James, poetry is a criticism of life in conditions so peculiar that they are the sign by which we know poetry. The author argues that a poet may contend that the poem needed to be written, that necessity lubricates creation. The a...

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Published in:	Antioch Review Vol. 67; no. 1; pp. 5 - 7
Main Author:	Hall, Judith
Format:	Editorial
Published:	Antioch Review, Inc. Winter2009
Subjects:	Poetry (Literary form) Literary criticism Themes in poetry James, Henry, 1843-1916
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