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Essential to students of Roethke
Important new insights into the full body of Roethke's art are unearthed in La Belle's perceptive, highly readable text.Shunning the exclusivity of Roethke's personal vision in deference to his obvious reliance upon literary tradition (specifically, poets such as Wordsworth, Blake, Whitman, Eliot and Yeats), La Belle offers a greater perspective on the depth and scope of the poet's work.A former student of Roethke, La Belle says as much about the mimetic instincts of the poetic method (as a conscious and subconscious servant of tradition) as she does about Roethke's particular style, which developed from direct imitation to an assimilation of poetic tradition in concord with his own creative imagination.She provides, in clear, concise detail, much needed close interpretations of particular poems, placing them, line by line, in direct comparison with their inspirational progenitors.Each point that she makes is fortified by quotations and charged with an intellectual perspicacity which further enlightens the reader.No serious student of Roethke, or of the poetic method in general, can afford to overlook this valuable study. ... Read more