{"product_id":"the-ocean-the-bird-and-the-scholar-essays-on-poets-and-poetry-9780674984080","title":"The Ocean, the Bird, and the Scholar: Essays on Poets and Poetry","description":"\u003cp\u003eA \u003ci\u003eTimes Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e Book of the Week \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne of our foremost commentators on poetry examines the work of a broad range of nineteenth- and twentieth-century English, Irish, and American poets. \u003ci\u003eThe Ocean, the Bird, and the Scholar\u003c\/i\u003e gathers two decades' worth of Helen Vendler's essays, book reviews, and occasional prose--including the 2004 Jefferson Lecture--in a single volume. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"It's one of  Vendler's] finest books, an impressive summation of a long, distinguished career in which she revisits many of the poets she has venerated over a lifetime and written about previously. Reading it, one can feel her happiness in doing what she loves best. There is scarcely a page in the book where there isn't a fresh insight about a poet or poetry.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Charles Simic, \u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Vendler has done perhaps more than any other living critic to shape--I might almost say 'create'--our understanding of poetry in English.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Joel Brouwer, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Poems are artifacts and  Vendler] shows us, often thrillingly, how those poems she considers the best specimens are made...A reader feels that she has thoroughly absorbed her subjects and conveys her understanding with candor, clarity, wit.\"\u003cbr\u003e--John Greening, \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eVendler, Helen:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Helen Vendler is A. Kingsley Porter University Professor at Harvard University.","brand":"Harvard University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50610671091986,"sku":"9780674984080","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d691df9b-61f5-4337-bf75-462cda403b62.jpg?v=1732347072","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-ocean-the-bird-and-the-scholar-essays-on-poets-and-poetry-9780674984080","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}