Allen Tate /

"This book reassesses the importance of Allen Tate (1899-1976), a former U.S. Poet Laureate, as a uniquely Southern and fundamentally religious poet and a critic. Through close analysis of Tate's essays and poems, the author argues that the arc of Tate's career presents a coherent eff...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Glass, John V., III (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, D.C. : The Catholic University of America Press, 2016.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Tate, Allen, > 1899-1979.
Tate, Allen, > 1899-1979 > Religion.
Tate, Allen, > 1899-1979 > Criticism and interpretation.
Spirituality in literature.
Religion and literature.
Religion.
Modernism (Aesthetics)
Intellectual life.
Catholic converts.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Poetry.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Convertis catholiques > États-Unis (Sud)
Spiritualite dans la litterature.
Religion et litterature.
Modernisme (Esthetique)
Catholic converts > Southern States.
Southern States.
Southern States > Intellectual life > 20th century.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"This book reassesses the importance of Allen Tate (1899-1976), a former U.S. Poet Laureate, as a uniquely Southern and fundamentally religious poet and a critic. Through close analysis of Tate's essays and poems, the author argues that the arc of Tate's career presents a coherent effort to understand the Modernist's sense of the "dissociated sensibility, and that in his conversion to Catholicism, he found the means of rediscovering unified existence"--
Item Description:Based on the author's Ph. D. dissertation (University of Mississippi, 2009).
Physical Description:1 online resource (392 pages).
ISBN:9780813228648

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