A Sun within a Sun : The Power and Elegance of Poetry /

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"A Sun within a Sun explores the notions of lightness and weight, discipline and indulgence, freedom and loss of will that are inherent in the poetic enterprise. It poses that lightness, discipline, freedom, and risk are essential for an approach to the enigma of beauty through an elegant shapi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lyu, Claire Chi-ah
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Pittsburgh, PA : University of Pittsburgh, 2006.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Lyrik
Poetry, Modern.
Poetry, Modern > 20th century > History and criticism.
Poetry, Modern > 19th century > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Surrender of freedom and surrender to freedom: hashish and poetry
  • The "frivolous" other and the "authentic" self: fashion and poetry
  • "Vise of stone" and open air: "the weight of living" and "the search for lightness"
  • Beyond hell and paradise: the poet and the critic
  • Quantum elegance: content and form in science, fashion, poetry
  • The eternal enigma of beauty
  • Epilogue: "Emotion-in-syntax."

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