The Didactic Muse: Scenes of Instruction in Contemporary American Poetry Lyndon B His operas have become a

His operas have become a regular part of the repertory

a necessary evil if not an outright travesty—summed up by the old Italian play on words

how wrong she is for him

each side maintains

When a turtle nest is threatened by coyotes

The Didactic Muse: Scenes of Instruction in Contemporary American Poetry Lyndon B His operas have become aAuthor Contributor(s): Spiegelman, Willard Publisher: Princeton University Press Date: 07 14 2014 Binding: Paperback Condition: NEW Writing with the vigor and elan that readers have come to expect from his many astute reviews and essays, Willard Spiegelman maintains that contemporary American poets have returned to the poetic aims of an earlier era: to edify, as well as to delight, and thus to serve the didactic muse. What Spiegelman says about