After the Death of Poetry Poet and Audience in Contemporary America

"After the Death of Poetryis a superbly written, carefully argued, and very timely analysis of the situation of poetry. Mr. Shetley is one of the most intelligent, imaginative, and erudite critics of contemporary poetry that we have. He combines, as so few critics do, an exquisite sensitivity to literary style with a theoretically toughened and historically grounded understanding of the place of poetry in relation to the general culture."-Alan Shapiro, author ofCovenantShetley, Vernon is the author of 'After the Death of Poetry Poet and Audience in Contemporary America' with ISBN 9780822313250 and ISBN 0822313251.