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Poetry in Review
Lazarus, H. P. | April 29, 1944 issue

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The article focuses on the book "Poems," by Thompson Dunstan, which contains some very bad poetry. This is Thompson's first book. It shows him to be so immersed in English poetry of all periods that on several occasions he must have barely escaped drowning, or at any rate dissolving himself poetically. Although his judgment is at times deficient, he is technically skillful. He uses clusters of sound with a lavish exploitation of his medium that reminds one of abstract painting. More often than not Thompson's poems are self-indulgent, verbose and full of private symbols.

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POEMS (Book); DUNSTAN, Thompson; POETRY; JUDGMENT; PAINTING; LITERATURE
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