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Foreword
It seems odd that so many books about writing, including books of
criticism as well as "how to" books for both poets and fiction writers,
are written by people who have never written a poem or a story.
Nevertheless, much of the best criticism and most of the useful
practical advice about writing has come from writers. It's no accident
that in virtually every age the dominant poets were also the dominant
critics, from Ben Jonson and Dryden, to Coleridge and T. S. Eliot.
Today, of course, with the proliferation of academic criticism, writers
of poetry and fiction are outnumbered by critics by a considerable
margin. And a further wrinkle has been added in that the language of
criticism has become so technical, even jargon-ridden, that writers of
poetry and fiction often can't or, more usually, won't stoop to conquer.
As a result, the domain of criticismand writing about writinghas been
given over to "experts," many of whom are far more interested in the
theoretical aspects of literature (in itself a good thing) than in the
process and techniques of writing.