Politics and Form in Postmodern Poetry

Approaching post-World War II poetry from a postmodern critical perspective, this study challenges the prevailing assumption that experimental forms signify political opposition while traditional forms are politically conservative.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction: poetry after Modernism; 2. Frank O'Hara: 'How Am I to Become a Legend?'; 3. Elizabeth Bishop: 'Repeat, Repeat, Repeat; Revise, Revise, Revise'; 4. John Ashbery: 'The Epidemic of the Way We Live Now'; 5. James Merrill: 'Sour Windfalls of the Orchard Back of Us'.

Zusammenfassung

Approaching post-World War II poetry from a postmodern critical perspective, this study challenges the prevailing assumption that experimental forms signify political opposition while traditional forms are politically conservative.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Konuk Mutlu Blasing, Mutlu Konuk Blasing
• Mitarbeit: Albert Gelpi (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 30.03.2015
• EAN: 9780521496070
• ISBN: 978-0-521-49607-0
• Seiten: 236
• Abmessung: 157 mm x 235 mm x 19 mm
• Gewicht: 540 g
• Serien: Cambridge Studies in American; Cambridge Studies in American
• Themen: Belletristik > Lyrik, Dramatik; Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Englische Sprachwissenschaft / Literaturwissenschaft