Poetry and Experience

by Archibald MacLeish

Analyzes the nature and power of poetry and the different responses of Yeats, Dickinson, Keats, and Rimbaud to the world

Genres: Poetry

Hardcover

First published January 1, 1961

About the author

American poet Archibald MacLeish won a Pulitzer Prize for Conquistador in 1932, served as librarian of Congress from 1939 and as assistant secretary of state from 1944 to 1945, and won again for Collected Poems 1917-1952 and the verse play J.B. (1958).

The modernist school associates this writer. He received three Pulitzer Prizes for his work.

Reviews

[Cara M · Rating 5 out of 5]

An insightful, thorough and powerful look at how poetry does more than describe--it creates experiences for the reader by summoning experiences of the poet. Good and useful takes on some of the big names, and he really gets across why they have as much power and interest as they do.