Delmore Schwartz - A Critical Reassessment

Taking as its starting point Delmore Schwartz's self-appointment as both a 'poet of the Hudson River' and 'laureate of the Atlantic,' this book comprehensively reassesses the poetic achievement of a critically neglected writer. Runchman reads Schwartz's poetry in relation to its national and international perspectives.

List of contents

Introduction 1. The Greatest Thing in North America: 'International Consciousness' or 'The Isolation of Modern Poetry'? 2. In Dreams Begin Responsibilities : "The egocentric predicament' 3. The Land of the Old World failure and the New World Success: Genesis and 'America! America!' 4. An Innocent Bystander: The City, Vaudeville for a Princess , and Schwartz's Post-War Cultural Criticism 5. Summer Knowledge: 'Infinite belief in infinite hope' Conclusion

About the author

Alex Runchman is Associate Lecturer at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.

Summary

Taking as its starting point Delmore Schwartz's self-appointment as both a 'poet of the Hudson River' and 'laureate of the Atlantic,' this book comprehensively reassesses the poetic achievement of a critically neglected writer. Runchman reads Schwartz's poetry in relation to its national and international perspectives.

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'As evidenced by Alex Runchman's skillfully and thoroughly researched book, an argument on the behalf of the lesser-known American poet, Delmore Schwartz, can be made, should be made, and has now been made here. Organized, pithy, and direct, Alex Runchman's clear and well-executed study deserves transatlantic attention.' -Stephen Burt, Professor of English, Harvard University, USA

Product details

• Authors: A Runchman, A. Runchman, Alex Runchman
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.05.2014
• EAN: 9781349483907
• ISBN: 978-1-349-48390-7
• No. of pages: 202
• Series: Modern and Contemporary Poetry and Poetics; Modern and Contemporary Poetry; Modern and Contemporary Poetry; Modern and Contemporary Poetry and Poetics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; B, Poetry, Literature: history & criticism, History of the Americas, Poetry and Poetics, Literature, Modern—20th century, Twentieth-Century Literature, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, United States—History, US History, Palgrave Literature Collection, America—Literatures, North American Literature, America;consciousness;knowledge;poetry