{"product_id":"our-savage-art-9780231147330","title":"Our Savage Art","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe most notorious poet-critic of his generation, William Logan has defined our view of poets good and bad, interesting and banal, for more than three decades. Featured in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eNew Criterion\u003c\/i\u003e, among other journals, Logan's eloquent, passionate prose never fails to provoke readers and poets, reminding us of the value and vitality of the critic's savage art.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLike \u003ci\u003eThe Undiscovered Country: Poetry in the Age of Tin\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism, \u003ci\u003eOur Savage Art\u003c\/i\u003e features the corrosive wit and darkly discriminating critiques that have become the trademarks of Logan's style. Opening with a defense of the critical eye, this collection features essays on Robert Lowell's correspondence, Elizabeth Bishop's unfinished poems, the inflated reputation of Hart Crane, the loss of the New Critics, and a damning-and already highly controversial-indictment of an edition of Robert Frost's notebooks. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLogan also includes essays on Derek Walcott and Geoffrey Hill, two crucial figures in the divided world of contemporary poetry, and an attempt to rescue the reputation of the nineteenth-century poet John Townsend Trowbridge. Short reviews consider John Ashbery, Anne Carson, Billy Collins, Rita Dove, Louise Glück, Jorie Graham, Robert Hass, Seamus Heaney, and dozens of others. Though he might be called a cobra with manners, Logan is a fervent advocate for poetry, and \u003ci\u003eOur Savage Art\u003c\/i\u003e continues to raise the standard of what the critic can do.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Logan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42980515971190,"sku":"9780231147330","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/ingramacademic.com\/products\/our-savage-art-9780231147330","provider":"Ingram Academic \u0026 Professional","version":"1.0","type":"link"}