Jane Cooper : a radiance of attention /
Though she published only five volumes of poetry over the course of her career, Jane Cooper (1924-2007) was deeply admired by her contemporaries, and teaching at Sarah Lawrence College for nearly forty years, she served as a mentor to many aspiring poets. Her elegant, honest and emotionally and form...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Ann Arbor :
University of Michigan Press,
[2019]
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| Series: | Under discussion.
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| Summary: | Though she published only five volumes of poetry over the course of her career, Jane Cooper (1924-2007) was deeply admired by her contemporaries, and teaching at Sarah Lawrence College for nearly forty years, she served as a mentor to many aspiring poets. Her elegant, honest and emotionally and formally precise poems, often addressing the challenges of women's lives, especially the lives of women in the arts, continue to resonate with a new generation of readers. In Jane Cooper: A Radiance of Attention, Martha Collins and Celia Bland bring together several decades' worth of essential writing on Cooper's poetry. While some pieces offer close examination of Cooper's process or thoughtful consideration of the craft of a single poem, the volume features reviews of her collections, including a previously unpublished piece on her first book, The Weather of Six Mornings (1969), by James Wright, a lifelong champion of her work. Marie Howe, Jan Heller Levi and Thomas Lux, among others, share personal remembrances of Cooper as a teacher, colleague and inspiration. L.R. Berger's moving tribute to Cooper's final days closes the volume. |
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| Physical Description: | 194 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9780472037414 0472037412 |