On Modern Poetry

Guido Mazzoni tells the story of poetry¿s revolution in the modern age. The chief transformation was the rise of the lyric as it is now conceived: a genre in which a first-person speaker talks about itself. Mazzoni argues that modern poetry embodies the age of the individual and has wrought profound changes in the expectations of readers.

About the author

Guido Mazzoni is Professor of Literary Theory at the Università di Siena and the author of Theory of the Novel.

Summary

Guido Mazzoni tells the story of poetry’s revolution in the modern age. The chief transformation was the rise of the lyric as it is now conceived: a genre in which a first-person speaker talks about itself. Mazzoni argues that modern poetry embodies the age of the individual and has wrought profound changes in the expectations of readers.

Product details

• Authors: Guido Mazzoni
• Assisted by: Zakiya Hanafi (Translation), Hanafi Zakiya (Translation)
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2022
• EAN: 9780674249035
• ISBN: 978-0-674-24903-5
• No. of pages: 264
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Comparative Literature, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literary studies: poetry and poets