Randall Jarrell and his age / Stephen Burt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burt, Stephanie, 1971-

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jarrell, Randall, 1914-1965.

Jarrell, Randall.

United States--Intellectual life--20th century.

United States.

Intellectual life.

Poets, American--20th century--Biography.

Poets, American.

Critics--United States--Biography.

Critics.

Genre:

Biographies.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xvii, 291 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, [2002]

Summary:

Randall Jarrell (1914-1965) was the most influential poetry critic of his generation. This book examines all of Jarrells work, incorporating new research such as previously undiscovered essays and poems. Other books have examined Jarrells poetry in biographical or formal terms, but none have considered both his aesthetic choices and their social contexts. Burt situates the poet-critic among his peers, including Bishop and Arendt, in literature and cultural criticism. It considers the ways in which Jarrells efforts and achievements encompassed the concerns of his time, from teen culture to the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the book posits what these concerns might say to our own.

Contents:

Antechapter: Randall Jarrell's Life 1

Chapter 1 Jarrell's Interpersonal Style 21

Chapter 2 Institutions, Professions, Criticism 52

Chapter 3 Psychology and Psychoanalysis 85

Chapter 4 Time and Memory 118

Chapter 5 Childhood and Youth 145

Chapter 6 Men, Women, Children, Families 182

Conclusion: "What We See and Feel and Are" 219.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [263]-275) and index.

Local Notes:

Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.

ISBN:

0231125941

OCLC:

49775458