On Louise Gluck: Change What You See

by Joanne Feit Diehl (Editor)

On Louise Glück features essays by leading critics, poets, and scholars that explore the work of recent U.S. poet laureate Louise Glück.

Glück, author of nine books of poetry, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Wild Iris , is noted for her searing honesty and compelling first-person personae. Though compared to world-famous verse by Sappho and Dickinson, Glück's poetry has remained curiously undigested among readers of contemporary poetry for some time. On Louise Glück gathers for the first time a diverse array of essays by the leading critics of this preeminent poet. Featuring a probing, extended interview with Glück, On Louise Glück traces the critical reception of her work and offers new insights into her imaginative, mysterious poetry.

Genres: Poetry, Nonfiction

200 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2005

Reviews

[M. Sarki · Rating 2 out of 5]

Louise Gluck gets far too much credit as a poet than she deserves. Her work is too weak, too verbose and unfeeling. What did hold so much promise for me resulted in a disappointment far too great to describe. Sadly I submit to anyone reading this review that buying into the praise found in this book leaves you with bad company. Better served when engaged with the likes of Wallace Stevens, Jack Gilbert, Emily Dickinson, and Eugenio Montale and then know what poetry has the power to be.