Uncertainty & plenitude: five contemporary poets
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Main Author: Stitt, Peter (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Iowa City University of Iowa Press ©1997
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Item Description:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-196) and index
Poetry in a time of uncertainty and plenitude -- John Ashbery: The poetics of uncertainty -- Stephen Dobyns: The uncertainties of narrative -- Charles Simic: Poetry in a time of madness -- Gerald Stern: Weeping and wailing and singing for joy -- Charles Wright: Resurrecting the Baroque
Stitt's interest in these five poets is intellectual and aesthetic. As he states, "I chose these particular writers because their work continues to interest me deeply, both intellectually and formally, even after years of familiarity." He uses his understanding of the philosophical implications inherent in modern physics, as they apply to both content and form, as the basis for his close analysis. Stitt attends to the poet's writerly strategies so that we may discover in their poetry where "surface form" intersects and complements meaning and thus becomes, in John Berryman's terms, "deep form". He explains what these poets say and how they say it and what relationships lie between. He also shows how humor plays a part in some of their work
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (200 pages)
ISBN:0877455996
1587292289
9780877455998
9781587292286

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