Modernism revisited : transgressing boundaries and strategies of renewal in American poetry / edited by Viorica Patea and Paul Scott Derrick.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Derrick, Paul Scott.

Pâtea, Viorica.

Series:

DQR studies in literature ; 40.

DQR studies in literature ; 40

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

American poetry.

Modernism (Literature)--History and criticism.

Modernism (Literature).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (252 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; New York, NY : Rodopi, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Offering essays from some of the leading academic writers and younger scholars in the field of American studies from both the United States and Europe, this volume constitutes a rich and varied reconsideration of Modernist American poetry. Its contributions fall into two general categories: new and original discussions of many of the principal figures of the movement (Frost, Pound, Eliot, Williams, Cummings and Stevens) and reflections on the phenomenon of Modernism within a broader cultural context (the influence of Haiku, parallels and connections with Surrealism, responses to the Modernist accomplishment by later American poets). Because of its mixture of European and American perspectives, Modernism Revisited will be of vital interest to students and scholars of American literature and Modernism in general and of twentieth-century comparative literature and art.

Contents:

Preliminary material / Editors Modernism Revisited

INTRODUCTION / PAUL SCOTT DERRICK

THE AURA OF MODERNISM / MARJORIE PERLOFF

FROST’S SONNETS, IN AND OUT OF BOUNDS / BARRY AHEARN

POUND AND WILLIAMS: THE LETTERS AS MODERNIST MANIFESTO / HÉLÈNE AJI

PAO-HSIEN FANG AND THE NAXI RITES IN EZRA POUND’S CANTOS / ZHAOMING QIAN

T. S. ELIOT’S THE WASTE LAND AND THE POETICS OF THE MYTHICAL METHOD / VIORICA PATEA

POETRY AS UNGRAMMAR IN E. E. CUMMINGS’ POEMS / ISABELLE ALFANDARY

WALLACE STEVENS’ POETRY OF RESISTANCE / BART EECKHOUT

IN SEARCH OF WORDS FOR “MOON-VIEWING”: THE JAPANESE HAIKU AND THE SKEPTICISM TOWARDS LANGUAGE IN MODERNIST AMERICAN POETRY / GUDRUN M. GRABHER

SPONTANEOUS, NOT AUTOMATIC: WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS VERSUS SURREALIST POETICS / ERNESTO SUÁREZ-TOSTE

INSTANCES OF THE JOURNEY MOTIF THROUGH LANGUAGE AND SELFHOOD IN SOME MODERNIST AMERICAN POETS / MANUEL BRITO

FOR LOVE AND LANGUAGE: THE POETRY OF ROBERT CREELEY / HEINZ ICKSTADT

MODERNIST REALISM AND LOWELL’S CONFESSIONAL STYLE / CHARLES ALTIERI

NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS / Editors Modernism Revisited

INDEX / Editors Modernism Revisited.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-26583-0

9786612265839

94-012-0488-8

1-4356-1187-X

OCLC:

666986014

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789401204880 DOI