The art of portraiture in poetry is traceable from the Latin poets and Chaucer via Goldsmith, Wordsworth and Browning, to the modern era of Rimbaud, Cavafy, Auden, Lowell and Hofmann.Poetry is an art form which encourages introspection, so it is a welcome break to find these poets looking outward, fondly or otherwise, in homage or in satire, at their fellow performers on the human stage. Here, you may find yourself rubbing shoulders with the likes of Elvis Presley, Oscar Wilde, and the Duke of Buckingham, or buttonholed by intriguing gatecrashers. Who is Butch Weldy, for instance? And what did become of Waring?
- ISBN10 1336009578
- ISBN13 9781336009578
- Publish Date 1 January 2010 (first published 5 November 2001)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 19 May 2015
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Faber & Faber
- Format eBook
- Language English