Toil and Spin: Two directions in modern poetry
Hutchinson of Australia, $9.95 pb, 151 pp.
Literary Studies
Make it New
by John McLaren •
In a world which has lost its faith and its standards, the situation of the creative artist is both central and precarious. As Wallace-Crabbe sees it, he must stand inside and outside society at once, be both totally involved with himself and totally responsive to his society. While doing this, he must create not only his own audience but even his own language.
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Toil and Spin: Two directions in modern poetry
by Chris Wallace-Crabbe
Hutchinson of Australia, $9.95 pb, 151 pp.
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