Camille Paglia

Break, Blow, Burn: Camille Paglia Reads Forty-three of the World's Best Poems -- Camille Paglia, Paperback

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America's most provocative intellectual brings her blazing powers of analysis to the most famous poems of the Western tradition--and unearths some previously obscure verses worthy of a place in our canon. Combining close reading with a panoramic breadth of learning, Camille Paglia sharpens our understanding of poems we thought we knew, from Shakespeare to Dickinson to Plath, and makes a case for including in the canon works by Paul Blackburn, Wanda Coleman, Chuck Wachtel, Rochelle Kraut--and even Joni Mitchell. Daring, riveting, and beautifully written, Break, Blow, Burn is a modern classic that excites even seasoned poetry lovers--and continues to create generations of new ones.



Author: Camille Paglia
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 01/24/2006
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.61lbs
Size: 7.78h x 5.66w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780375725395

Review Citation(s):
New York Times 02/12/2006 pg. 24

About the Author
Camille Paglia is the University Professor of Humanities and Media Studies at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. A regular contributor to Salon.com, she is the author of Glittering Images; Break, Blow, Burn; Sexual Personae; Sex, Art, and American Culture; and Vamps & Tramps.

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American poetry, Camille Paglia, English/ Irish/ Scottish/ Welsh, European, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, Literary Criticism, Literature - Classics / Criticism, Paperback, Poetry, Semiotics & Theory