{"product_id":"my-poets-paperback-1","title":"My Poets - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMaureen N. McLane\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA thrillingly original exploration of a life lived under poetry's uniquely seductive spell\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Oh! there are spirits of the air,\" wrote Percy Bysshe Shelley. In this stunningly original book, Maureen N. McLane channels the spirits and voices that make up the music in one poet's mind. Weaving criticism and memoir, \u003ci\u003eMy Poets\u003c\/i\u003e explores a life reading and a life read. McLane invokes not necessarily the best poets, nor the most important poets (whoever these might be), but those writers who, in possessing her, made her. \"I am marking here what most marked me,\" she writes. Ranging from Chaucer to H.D. to William Carlos Williams to Louise Gl?ck to Shelley (among others), McLane tracks the \"growth of a poet's mind,\" as Wordsworth put it in \u003ci\u003eThe Prelude\u003c\/i\u003e. In poetical prose both probing and incantatory, McLane has written a radical book of experimental criticism. Susan Sontag called for an \"erotics of interpretation\" this is it. Part \u003ci\u003eBildung\u003c\/i\u003e, part dithyramb, part exegesis, \u003ci\u003eMy Poets\u003c\/i\u003e extends an implicit invitation to you, dear reader, to consider who your \"my poets,\" or \"my novelists,\" or \"my filmmakers,\" or \"my pop stars,\" might be.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaureen N. McLane\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of two collections of poetry, \u003ci\u003eSame Life\u003c\/i\u003e (FSG, 2008) and \u003ci\u003eWorld Enough\u003c\/i\u003e (FSG, 2010). \u003ci\u003eMy Poets\u003c\/i\u003e (FSG, 2012) was a finalist for the 2012 National Book Critics Circle Award for autobiography.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.13 x 5.65 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 14, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47353655066873,"sku":"9780374533830","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/Llm-bkaZj69780374533830_78677c20-01a5-4a4e-86ec-d93374650092.webp?v=1769825643","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/my-poets-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}