Walks in the World : Representation and Experience in Modern American Poetry /

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In the twentieth century no form of experience has been more frequently taken up by poets eager to capture both the openness and fluidity of life and the aesthetic closure of an artwork than that of a walk. Examining the walk poem, Roger Gilbert contends that at its heart is the "desire to keep...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Gilbert, Roger, 1960- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1991]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Walking in literature.
American poetry.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Poetry.
Poesie americaine > 20e siecle > Histoire et critique.
American poetry > 20th century > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • INTRODUCTION A Walk Is a Poem, A Poem Is a Walk
  • ONE. Robert Frost The Walk as Parable
  • TWO. Wallace Stevens: The Walk as Occasion
  • THREE. William Carlos Williams: The Walk as Music
  • FOUR. Theodore Roethke and Elizabeth Bishop: The Walk as Revelation
  • FIVE. Frank O'Hara and Gary Snyder: The Walk as Sample
  • SIX. A.R. Ammons and John Ashbery: The Walk as Thinking
  • CONCLUSION The Walk and the World
  • EPILOGUE. Some Further Walks
  • INDEX.

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