The Idea Of Herman Melville In A

We All Fear Loneliness, Madness, Dying. Shakespeare And Walt Whitman, Leopardi And Hart Crane Will Not Cure Those Fears. And Yet These Poets Bring Us Fire And Light.

The Idea Of Herman Melville In A Writing Class Is Always Distressing To Me.

Real Reading Is A Lonely Activity.

All That A Critic, As Critic, Can Give Poets Is The Deadly Encouragement That Never Ceases To Remind Them Of How Heavy Their Inheritance Is.

The World Does Not Get To Be A Better Or A Worse Place; It Just Gets More Senescent.