Ch. 22: Poetic Drama and Opera (p. 125)
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My sonnet asserts that the sonnet still lives. My epic, should such fortune befall me, asserts that the heroic narrative is not lost — that it is born again.
— James Fenton
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Source: Wikiquote: "James Fenton" (Quotes, An Introduction to English Poetry (2002): Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2002, )
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About James Fenton
James Martin Fenton (born 25 April 1949) is an English poet, journalist and literary critic. Like his mentor, W. H. Auden, he has been Professor of Poetry at Oxford.
About James Fenton
James Martin Fenton (born 25 April 1949) is an English poet, journalist and literary critic. Like his mentor, W. H. Auden, he has been Professor of Poetry at Oxford.
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