Poets thinking : Pope, Whitman, Dickinson, Yeats /

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Poetry has often been considered an irrational genre, more expressive than logical, more meditative than given to coherent argument. And yet, in each of the four very different poets she considers here, Helen Vendler reveals a style of thinking in operation; although they may prefer different means,...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Vendler, Helen, 1933-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Mass. ; London : Harvard University Press, ©2006.
Subjects:
Yeats, W. B. > (William Butler), > 1865-1939 > Criticism and interpretation.
Dickinson, Emily, > 1830-1886 > Criticism and interpretation.
Pope, Alexander, > 1688-1744 > Criticism and interpretation.
Whitman, Walt, > 1819-1892 > Criticism and interpretation.
Dickinson, Emily, > 1830-1886
Pope, Alexander, > 1688-1744
Whitman, Walt, > 1819-1892
Yeats, W. B. > (William Butler), > 1865-1939
1800-1899
English poetry > History and criticism.
American poetry > 19th century > History and criticism.
Thought and thinking.
Thinking
Poésie anglaise > Histoire et critique.
Poésie américaine > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Pensée.
thinking.
POETRY > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
POETRY > General.
American poetry
English poetry
Intellectual life
Thought and thinking
English-speaking countries > Intellectual life.
English-speaking countries
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • 1 Alexander Pope Thinking Miniaturizing, Modeling, and Mocking Ideas
  • 2 Walt Whitman Thinking Transcription, Reprise, and Temptations Resisted
  • 3 Emily Dickinson Thinking Rearranging Seriality
  • 4 W.B. Yeats Thinking Thinking in Images, Thinking in Assertions
  • Notes
  • Index

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