The riddle in the poem / Živilė Gimbutas ; illustrations by David Meneham.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gimbutas, Živilė.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Comparative literature--American and European.

Comparative literature.

Comparative literature--European and American.

Riddles in literature.

Poetry, Modern--20th century--History and criticism.

Poetry, Modern.

Physical Description:

xxii, 211 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Dallas : University Press of America, 2004.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Folk Riddle and Literary Riddle 1

Chapter 2 Francis Ponge: Identity and Variation Form 35

Subject Matter 37

Riddles and Riddle Features 41

Riddle and Poem 53

Identity and Variation Form 60

Chapter 3 Riddle and Myth in Wallace Stevens' Poetry 73

The Giant of Nothingness 76

The Green Queen 93

Chapter 4 The Speaking Object in Richard Wilbur's Poetry 121

Chapter 5 Speaking Pictures: Riddle and Ekphrasis 139

The Confluence of Riddle and Ekphrasis: Rainer M. Rilke's Angel 147

Richard Wilbur's Epigrammatic Ekphrases 160

The Complementarity, or Opposition, of Riddling and Ekphrastic Modes of Lyric in the Poetry of Henrikas Radauskas 171.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [191]-200) and index.

"[C]onsiders five poetic oeuvres: those of Francis Ponge, Wallace Stevens, Richard Wilbur, Rainer M. Rilke, and Henrikas Radauskas"--Pref.

ISBN:

0761828451

OCLC:

57390456