Defending Poetry - Art and Ethics in Joseph Brodsky, Seamus Heaney, and Geoffrey Hill

Zusatztext a very interesting argument indeed, and in his opening sections Williams defends it with vigour, sensitivity and an astonishing range of reference. Informationen zum Autor David-Antoine Williams was educated at Harvard University, The University of St Andrews, and Balliol College, Oxford, where he completed his doctoral work. He is currently a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow and a Junior Research Fellow in English at Hertford College, Oxford. Klappentext Through close readings of the poems and prose essays of Joseph Brodsky, Seamus Heaney, and Geoffrey Hill, Defending Poetry makes a timely intervention in current debates about literature's ethics, arguing that any ethics of literature ought to take into account not only poetry, but also the writings of poets on the value of poetry. Zusammenfassung Through close readings of the poems and prose essays of Joseph Brodsky, Seamus Heaney, and Geoffrey Hill, Defending Poetry makes a timely intervention in current debates about literature's ethics, arguing that any ethics of literature ought to take into account not only poetry, but also the writings of poets on the value of poetry. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations 1: Ethics, Literature, and the Place of Poetry 2: Joseph Brodsky: A 'Peremptory Trust in Words' 3: Seamus Heaney: Beyond the 'Dialect of the Tribe' 4: Geoffrey Hill: A 'Question of Value' Bibliography Index

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: David Antoine Williams, David-Antoine Williams
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 01.10.2010
• EAN: 9780199583546
• ISBN: 978-0-19-958354-6
• Pagine: 264
• Serie: Oxford English Monographs; Oxford English Monographs
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata; LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, Ethics & moral philosophy, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Ethics and moral philosophy, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literary studies: poetry and poets