Robert Frost and a Poetics of Appetite

Klappentext This book reads Frost's poetry within a theoretical perspective generated! but not limited by feminist analysis. Zusammenfassung Robert Frost and a Poetics of Appetite reads Frost's poetry within a theoretical perspective generated! but not limited by feminist analysis! and it evaluates Frost's persistent feminising of poetic language in ways that he typically dramatises as both erotic and humiliating. The study unites biography! psychology and feminism in creating an adept and imaginative instrument of interpretation. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements; Introduction: 'The Serpent's Tail'; 1. Irony: 'Teiresia's Gaze'; 2. Irony II: 'This Is Not a Pipe'; 3. Women: 'Dryads, Witches, and Hill Wives'; 4. Eros: 'The Mischief Maker'; 5. Prosody: 'White Noise'; 6. Lyricism: 'At the Back of the North Wind'; Conclusion: 'Out Far and in Deep'; Notes; Index.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Katherine Kearns
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 30.04.2009
• EAN: 9780521109987
• ISBN: 978-0-521-10998-7
• Pagine: 248
• Serie: Cambridge Studies in American; Cambridge Studies in American Literature and Culture
• Categorie: Narrativa > Poesia lirica, drammatica; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura / linguistica inglese; USA, English, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, Literary studies: poetry & poets, United States of America, USA, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literary studies: poetry and poets