Letter writing among poets: from William Wordsworth to Elizabeth Bishop

Fifteen enlightening chapters by leading international biographers, critics and poets examine letter writing among poets in the last two hundred years. They range from Coleridge, Wordsworth, Keats and Shelley in the nineteenth-century to Eliot, Yeats, Bishop and Larkin in the twentieth. In doing so,...

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Weitere Verfasser: Ellis, Jonathan 1975- (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press 2015
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Zusammenfassung:Fifteen enlightening chapters by leading international biographers, critics and poets examine letter writing among poets in the last two hundred years. They range from Coleridge, Wordsworth, Keats and Shelley in the nineteenth-century to Eliot, Yeats, Bishop and Larkin in the twentieth. In doing so, they respond to the following questions. Who are the great letter writers of the past? Why is reading other people's mail so addictive? What is the relationship between letter writing and other literary genres such as poetry? Divided into three sections-Contexts and Issues, Romantic and Victorian Letter Writing, and Twentieth-Century Letter Writing-the volume demonstrates that real letters still have an allure that virtual post struggles to replicate.Key Features: A comprehensive collection of essays on the art and genre of letter writing among Romantic, Victorian and Twentieth Century poets. Contributors are leading international biographers, critics and poets, including Hermione Lee, Paul Muldoon, Daniel Karlin, Hugh Haughton, Anne Fadiman, Edna Longley and Angela LeightonAn absorbing history of literary friendship, literary love, and literary rivalry. A sensitive study of the often close relationship between letter writing and poetry.
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xi, 252 Seiten)
ISBN:9780748681334
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