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Shades of Authority : the Poetry of Lowell, Hill and Heaney /
What is the relationship between poetry and power? Should poetry be considered a mode of authority or an impotent medium? And why is it that the modern poets most commonly regarded as authoritative are precisely those whose works wrestle with a sense of artistic inadequacy? Such questions lie at the...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Liverpool :
Liverpool University Press,
2007.
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| Colección: | Liverpool English texts and studies ;
50. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | What is the relationship between poetry and power? Should poetry be considered a mode of authority or an impotent medium? And why is it that the modern poets most commonly regarded as authoritative are precisely those whose works wrestle with a sense of artistic inadequacy? Such questions lie at the heart of this study, prompting fresh insights into three of the most significant poets of recent decades: Robert Lowell, Geoffrey Hill and Seamus Heaney. Through attentive close reading and the tracing of dominant motifs in each writers works, James shows how their responsiveness to matters of pol. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 266 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781781388389 1781388385 9781846314049 1846314046 |