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books by Adam Kirsch

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Benjamin Disraeli (Jewish Encounters)

1 review
Adam Kirsch

Schocken, 2008

Biography of a very complex man
In 1852 Benjamin Disraeli, Chancellor of the Exchequer, posed for a portrait created by Sir Francis Grant. The portrait depicts Disraeli as a young man with full, sensual lips, intelligent black eyes, and thick, dark hair. A detail from the portrait, which illustrates the cover of the new biography, Benjamin Disraeli, by Adam Kirsch, contrasts sharply with a photograph of Disraeli that is also ...

The Thousand Wells: Poems

3 reviews
Adam Kirsch

Ivan R. Dee, Publisher, 2002

Dazzling New Voice
I picked this book up in a bookstore (of course I later ordered it from Amazon.com), and was overwhelmed by the virtuosity, maserty of form and technique, and emotional sophistication demonstrated by this young poet. The language is so dazzling, the moods so evocative, the point of view so unpredictable (yet always firmly established), I was just carried away. I can't recommend him enough. Can ...

Johnson's divided mind.(Samuel Johnson) : An article from: New Criterion
Adam Kirsch

Thomson Gale, 2006

This digital document is an article from New Criterion, published by Thomson Gale on April 1, 2006. The length of the article is 2901 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Citation Details Title: Johnson's divided mind.(Samuel Johnson) Author: Adam ...

The aesthetic imperative.(Thomas Mann: Life as a Work of Art)(Book Review): An article from: American Scholar
Adam Kirsch

Phi Beta Kappa Society, 2002

This digital document is an article from American Scholar, published by Phi Beta Kappa Society on September 22, 2002. The length of the article is 1719 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Citation Details Title: The aesthetic imperative.(Thomas Mann: ...

Ambition and greatness: an exchange.(Comment): An article from: Poetry
Adam Kirsch, Daisy Fried, ...

Modern Poetry Association, 2005

This digital document is an article from Poetry, published by Modern Poetry Association on March 1, 2005. The length of the article is 3417 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Citation Details Title: Ambition and greatness: an exchange.(Comment) ...

THE COMPLETE LETTERS OF OSCAR WILDE.(Review): An article from: American Scholar
Adam Kirsch

Phi Beta Kappa Society, 2001

This digital document is an article from American Scholar, published by Phi Beta Kappa Society on January 1, 2001. The length of the article is 2417 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Citation Details Title: THE COMPLETE LETTERS OF OSCAR ...

The Modern Element: Essays on Contemporary Poetry

1 review
Adam Kirsch

W. W. Norton, 2008

conservative, but clear
Kirsch's essays are crisp and clear, and he has a kind of fearlessness which allows him to be very direct-- often usefully so-- in summing up the essential poetic character of this poet or that. There are real insights here, and the length of the essays often eight pages-makes them really easy to digest. At the same time, though intelligent and insightful at times, he suffers from ...

Invasions: New Poems (Ivan R. Dee Paperback Original)

2 reviews
Adam Kirsch

Ivan R. Dee, Publisher, 2008

Meaningful, superbly crafted, immensely enjoyable
I cannot recommend this book highly enough. As editor of the Contemporary Poetry Review, I encounter several hundred new books of poetry each month. I can attest to the fact that a very slim few ever attain the level of accomplishment to be found in this book, its author's second collection of poetry (he is also the author of two books of poetry criticism). Highly recommended!

The Wounded Surgeon: Confession and Transformation in Six American Poets (Robert Lowell, Elizabeth Bishop, ...

4 reviews
Adam Kirsch

W. W. Norton & Company, 2005

The Surgeon's Gift: Inspiration and Clarity
Adam Kirsch takes his title "The Wounded Surgeon" from T. S. Eliot's poem "East Coker": "The wounded surgeon plies the steel That questions the distempered part." In his introduction, Kirsch explains: "T.S. image evokes the resolve, not to say heroism, that these poets displayed by submitting their most intimate and painful experiences to the objective discipline of art. . . . But the ...

HOW TO READ A POEM AND FALL IN LOVE WITH POETRY.(Review): An article from: American Scholar
Adam Kirsch

Phi Beta Kappa Society, 1999

This digital document is an article from American Scholar, published by Phi Beta Kappa Society on March 22, 1999. The length of the article is 2780 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Citation Details Title: HOW TO READ A POEM AND FALL IN LOVE WITH ...

Letters To The Editor.(Letter to the Editor): An article from: Poetry
Michael Thurston, Dan Chiasson, ...

Modern Poetry Association, 2004

This digital document is an article from Poetry, published by Modern Poetry Association on October 1, 2004. The length of the article is 1604 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Citation Details Title: Letters To The Editor.(Letter to the Editor) ...

Starving hysterical naked.(COMMENT)(The Poem That Changed America: "Howl" Fifty Years Later)(Book review): An ...
Adam Kirsch

Thomson Gale, 2006

This digital document is an article from Poetry, published by Thomson Gale on September 1, 2006. The length of the article is 2623 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Citation Details Title: Starving hysterical naked.(COMMENT)(The Poem That Changed ...

One Big Thing: an Exchange.(The Selected Poems of Howard Nemerov)(Book Review): An article from: Poetry
Adam Kirsch, Kevin Young

Modern Poetry Association, 2003

This digital document is an article from Poetry, published by Modern Poetry Association on December 1, 2003. The length of the article is 2377 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Citation Details Title: One Big Thing: an Exchange.(The Selected Poems ...

The Snare of Rhetoric.(Poems and Translations by Ezra Pound)(Book Review): An article from: American Scholar
Adam Kirsch

Phi Beta Kappa Society, 2003

This digital document is an article from American Scholar, published by Phi Beta Kappa Society on September 22, 2003. The length of the article is 2271 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Citation Details Title: The Snare of Rhetoric.(Poems and ...

Living it.(Why Read?)(Book Review): An article from: American Scholar
Adam Kirsch

Phi Beta Kappa Society, 2004

This digital document is an article from American Scholar, published by Phi Beta Kappa Society on September 22, 2004. The length of the article is 1341 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Citation Details Title: Living it.(Why Read?)(Book Review) ...

THE SOUNDS OF POETRY: A BRIEF GUIDE.(Review): An article from: American Scholar
Adam Kirsch

Phi Beta Kappa Society, 1999

This digital document is an article from American Scholar, published by Phi Beta Kappa Society on March 22, 1999. The length of the article is 2778 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Citation Details Title: THE SOUNDS OF POETRY: A BRIEF ...

Out of the Republic, into the madhouse.(Book Review): An article from: Poetry
Adam Kirsch

Modern Poetry Association, 2004

This digital document is an article from Poetry, published by Modern Poetry Association on August 1, 2004. The length of the article is 2655 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Citation Details Title: Out of the Republic, into the madhouse.(Book ...

Travels in "The Waste Land.".(Critical Essay): An article from: New Criterion
Adam Kirsch

Foundation for Cultural Review, 2005

This digital document is an article from New Criterion, published by Foundation for Cultural Review on April 1, 2005. The length of the article is 2771 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Citation Details Title: Travels in "The Waste Land.".(Critical ...

Matthew Arnold and T.S. Eliot.: An article from: American Scholar
Adam Kirsch

Phi Beta Kappa Society, 1998

This digital document is an article from American Scholar, published by Phi Beta Kappa Society on June 22, 1998. The length of the article is 4119 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. From the supplier: Matthew Arnold and T.S. Eliot became prominent poets, ...

One life, one writing.(The Letters of Robert Lowell)(Book Review): An article from: Poetry
Adam Kirsch

Modern Poetry Association, 2005

This digital document is an article from Poetry, published by Modern Poetry Association on June 1, 2005. The length of the article is 2927 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Citation Details Title: One life, one writing.(The Letters of Robert ...