{"product_id":"9781604736229","title":"Fourteen on Form: Conversations with Poets","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ctable width=\"200\" align=\"right\" cellpadding=\"10\" style=\"border: 1px black solid;\"\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePoets include:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWillis Barnstone\u003cbr\u003eRobert Conquest\u003cbr\u003eWendy Cope\u003cbr\u003eDouglas Dunn\u003cbr\u003eAnthony Hecht\u003cbr\u003eJohn Hollander\u003cbr\u003eDonald Justice\u003cbr\u003eX. J. Kennedy\u003cbr\u003eMaxine Kumin\u003cbr\u003eFrederick Morgan\u003cbr\u003eJohn Frederick Nims\u003cbr\u003eW. D. Snodgrass\u003cbr\u003eDerek Walcott\u003cbr\u003eRichard Wilbur\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhen free verse and its many movements seemed to dominate poetry, other writers worked steadfastly, insistently, and majestically in traditional forms of rhyme and meter. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Such poets as Anthony Hecht, Donald Justice, Derek Walcott, and Richard Wilbur used sonnets, villanelles, blank verse, and many other forms to create dazzling, lasting work. Their writing posed a counterpoint to free verse, sustained a tradition in English language verse, and eventually inspired the movement called New Formalism. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eFourteen on Form: Conversations with Poets\u003c\/i\u003e collects interviews with some of the most influential poets of the last fifty years. William Baer, editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Formalist\u003c\/i\u003e asks incisive questions that allow writers to discuss in detail a wide range of topics related to their work, methods of composition, and the contemporary poetry scene. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Maxine Kumin reflects on being a woman poet during a period in which women were not encouraged to submit to journals. With clarity and passion, Walcott remembers the impetus of his famous \"Eulogy to W. H. Auden.\" British poet Wendy Cope talks about the differences between how her barbed poems are received in England and abroad. The conversations return continually to the serious matter of poetic craft, especially the potential power of form in poetry. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e These well-paced conversations showcase poets discussing their creative lives with insight and candor. The sum total of their forthright opinions in \u003ci\u003eFourteen on Form\u003c\/i\u003e not only elucidates the current situation of the art form but also serves as a primer for understanding the fundamental craft of poetics. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilliam Baer is a professor of English at the University of Evansville and the editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Formalist\u003c\/i\u003e. He edited \u003ci\u003eElia Kazan: Interviews and Conversations\u003c\/i\u003e with Derek Walcott (both published by University Press of Mississippi).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University Press of Mississippi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47113066676464,"sku":"9781604736229","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781604736229_p0.jpg?v=1763827324","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781604736229","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}