Poetic argument : studies in modern poetry / Jonathan Kertzer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kertzer, Jonathan, 1946-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American poetry--20th century--History and criticism.

American poetry.

English poetry--20th century--History and criticism.

English poetry.

Modernism (Literature)--United States.

Modernism (Literature).

Modernism (Literature)--Great Britain.

Physical Description:

201 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Kingston : McGill-Queen's University Press, c1988.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Beginning with an essay on the history and theory of poetic argument, he traces its patterns through Romantic and Modernist literature. He divides his subject into three areas: the paradoxes of reason, language, and argument. Poetic Argument surveys the writings of the five poets in light of what has to be "proved" and identifies the characteristic styles of proof for each. For example, in the chapter on Marianne Moore, Kertzer studies two expressions of poetic argument. The first regards poetry as a waking dream, combining the powers of sleep and calculation. The second, derived from Imagism, treats poetry as a special way of seeing. Kertzer suggests that the combination of these two elements produces Moore's characteristically intricate, but inconclusive, forms of argument.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Poetic Argument

Marianne Moore

Edward Thomas

Dylan Thomas

T.S. Eliot

Wallace Stevens

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-195).

ISBN:

1-282-85125-X

9786612851254

0-7735-6189-7

OCLC:

929121838