Why Write Poetry?: Modern Poets Defending Their ArtFairleigh Dickinson Univ Press, 2007 - 316 стор. Poets have long been defending poetry in prose, and essays by Sidney, Shelley, and others are a familiar and important part of the Anglo-American literary tradition. This book identifies and examines a related genre - the verse defense of poetry - which shares the same impulse that has led to the composition of prose essays: namely, the desire to protect poetry from its detractors and to promote its value as a vital human endeavor. In the last century or so, this impulse to engage questions of poetry's value in poems has become increasingly widespread, and it has dominated the careers of at least five poets: H.D., Wallace Stevens, W. H. Auden, Adrienne Rich, and Geoffrey Hill. Though these poets espouse very different aesthetic principles, they, like many of their contemporaries, have repeatedly turned to apology in their verse. At first glance, this seems an odd gesture, given that the readers and writers of poetry are those who least need convincing of poetry's worthiness. But questioning poetry in verse is a form of lyric introspection that is productive and well-suited for a modern poet. characterized as one of indifference, defense helps these authors make a claim for poetry's cultural relevance, as well as for its private profit. Jeannine Johnson is a Preceptor in Expository Writing at Harvard University. |
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... Poetry , and Prophecy 237 Conclusion : The Role of Society in the Artist : Some Reflections and Predictions 272 Notes 282 Bibliography 304 Index 313 7 Acknowledgments THIS BOOK BEGAN ITS LIFE AS A DOCTORAL DISSERTATION 5.
... Poetry , and Prophecy 237 Conclusion : The Role of Society in the Artist : Some Reflections and Predictions 272 Notes 282 Bibliography 304 Index 313 7 Acknowledgments THIS BOOK BEGAN ITS LIFE AS A DOCTORAL DISSERTATION 5.
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... Notes on Thought and Vision and The Wise Sappho . San Francisco : City Lights , 1982 . Trilogy . Edited by Norman Holmes Pearson . New York : New Directions , 1973 . Chapter 3 : Works by Wallace Stevens L : CPWS : The Collected Poems ...
... Notes on Thought and Vision and The Wise Sappho . San Francisco : City Lights , 1982 . Trilogy . Edited by Norman Holmes Pearson . New York : New Directions , 1973 . Chapter 3 : Works by Wallace Stevens L : CPWS : The Collected Poems ...
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... Notes toward a Su- preme Fiction , " And for what , except for you , do I feel love ? " 14 The love impulse in which Notes originates is a private one that also beckons others to enter the poem . This function of love is con- sonant ...
... Notes toward a Su- preme Fiction , " And for what , except for you , do I feel love ? " 14 The love impulse in which Notes originates is a private one that also beckons others to enter the poem . This function of love is con- sonant ...
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... Notes on Lying , " Rich describes how a condition of " honor " among women is contingent upon truthful language : " An honorable human rela- tionship — that is , one in which two people have the right to use the word ' love ' is a ...
... Notes on Lying , " Rich describes how a condition of " honor " among women is contingent upon truthful language : " An honorable human rela- tionship — that is , one in which two people have the right to use the word ' love ' is a ...
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You Shall Dwell Upon Superlatives The Prose Tradition of Apologetics | 26 |
This is the New Heresy HD Poetry and War | 56 |
We Like Poetry Because We Do Wallace Stevenss Paralogical Defense | 101 |
Like a Poetry Lesson W H Audens Ritual Repetitions of Apology | 151 |
Not How to Write Poetry but Wherefore Adrienne Rich and the Ethics of Poetry | 187 |
Inspired Guesswork Geoffrey Hill Poetry and Prophecy | 237 |
The Role of Society in the Artist Some Reflections and Predictions | 272 |
Notes | 282 |
Bibliography | 304 |
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