Gjertrud Schnackenberg, with the publication of her first chapbook, Portraits and Elegies (1982), established her reputation as a poet. Hers was one of the most notable and enthusiastically received d...
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Gjertrud Schnackenberg's first three books reveal a mastery of formal verse forms. Her debut chapbook, Portraits and Elegies (1982), won exceptional critical acclaim and stimulated the appetite of Ame...
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In the following excerpt, McPhillips credits Schnackenberg for being one of the few contemporary poets with the proficiency to use traditional techniques, although he points out that she succeeds at t...
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In the following excerpt, Baressi praises A Gilded Lapse of Time but sometimes finds sincere emotion and meaning sacrificed for concept and allusion at critical moments in the work.
With her second bo...
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In the following review, Burt finds A Gilded Lapse of Time inferior to Schnackenberg's prior works.
Gjertrud Schnackenberg used to be above all a pleasant poet, one who combined high-culture le...
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In the following essay, Pettingell discusses how mythology and history influence Schnackenberg's poetry.
The myth of Oedipus, King of Thebes, haunted authors in antiquity. In the 20th century, ...
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In the following essay, Kirsch focuses on Schnackenberg's ideas regarding fate and her tendency to view her subjects from a great height.
Gjertrud Schnackenberg stands out among younger America...
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In the following essay, Mendelsohn traces Schnackenberg's artistic progress and credits her for bringing fresh ideas to classical material.
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In a devastating 1920 attack on Gilbert Murray�...
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In the following review, Davis finds Schnackenberg broadening her talents with each additional work.
Poetry remains an art of elders, by which I do not mean a bourgeois art of old men in dry months, b...
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Gjertrud Schnackenberg
