So this is what it feels like : empathy in the poetry of James Wright /

"James Wright (1927-80) was considered one of the major poets of his era, winning the Pulitzer Prize in 1972, even though the intense emotion of his work could prove divisive. So This Is What It Feels Like, a new critical study by poet and critic Adam Scheffler, makes a renewed case for Wright&...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Scheffler, Adam (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2026]
Subjects:	Wright, James, > 1927-1980 > Criticism and interpretation. Empathy in literature. American poetry > 20th century > History and criticism. Empathie dans la littérature. Poésie américaine > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.

Table of Contents:

Introduction. Sentimentality vs. empathy
The mill
a biographical opening
The early poems
Watershed poems
Two poems, then a pause to take stock
American failures and Wright's ambivalence
To fuse force and kindness
Craft, gifts, and secrets
Three poems
Honey and Against empathy
Conclusion. Two deer
A final word.