Dickinson''s Nerves, Frost''s Woods - Poetry in the Shadow of the Past

William Logan reconciles history and poetry to provide new ways of reading poets ranging from Shakespeare and Shelley to Lowell and Heaney. In these striking essays, Logan presents the poetry of the past through the lens of the past, attempting to bring poems back to the world in which they were made.

List of contents

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Notes Toward an Introduction
1. Shelley¿s Wrinkled Lip, Smith¿s Gigantic Leg
2. Frost¿s Horse, Wilbur¿s Ride
3. Lowell¿s Skunk, Heaney¿s Skunk
4. Longfellow¿s Hiawatha, Carroll¿s Hiawatha: The Name and Nature of Parody
5. Keats¿s Chapman¿s Homer, Justice¿s Henry James
6. Shakespeare¿s Rotten Weeds, Shakespeare¿s Deep Trenches
7. Pound¿s Métro, Williams¿s Wheelbarrow
8. Dickinson¿s Nerves, Frost¿s Woods
Permissions
Notes
Index

About the author

William Logan

Summary

William Logan reconciles history and poetry to provide new ways of reading poets ranging from Shakespeare and Shelley to Lowell and Heaney. In these striking essays, Logan presents the poetry of the past through the lens of the past, attempting to bring poems back to the world in which they were made.

Product details

• Authors: William Logan
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.12.2020
• EAN: 9780231186155
• ISBN: 978-0-231-18615-5
• No. of pages: 416
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century