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Two Necessities of Poetry: Plenitude and Exuberance
The Bloomsbury Review
  • Marianne Rogoff, Department of Literature and Languages, Dominican University of California
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-1-2001
Disciplines
Department
Literature and Languages
Abstract

"Alicia Ostriker advocates a 'poetics of ardor,' one which is not detached, objective, or merely intellectual, instead a poetry that embraces a big-hearted and practical definition of what erotic means. Dancing at the Devil’s Party is mostly about women’s poetry but Ostriker also reminds us of the wide-reaching sensuality of Whitman, Hopkins, Keats, and other sexy male forebears who permitted love to appear in their work."

Citation Information
Marianne Rogoff. "Two Necessities of Poetry: Plenitude and Exuberance" The Bloomsbury Review (2001) ISSN: 0276-1564
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/marianne-rogoff/19/