On modern poetry : from theory to total criticism / Robert Rowland Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smith, Robert Rowland.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Poetry, Modern.

Modernism (Literature).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (213 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Continuum, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Alltoo often, the history of poetry criticism in the 20th Century is told as atale of two sides. While 'Lit crit' pored over the author's every line,'Theory' stood on the shoulder of texts to gaze into the metaphysical mists. Drawingon the key insights of both Lit crit and Theory, On Modern Poetry tries to get beyond the oppositionbetween them, proposing instead a 'total criticism' that draws on all resourcesavailable. It combines 'analytic irony' with 'imaginative empathy' in orderto generate fresh insights. The themes discussed in the firstpart of the book include tradition, voice, rhyme, rh

Contents:

Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part 1: Themes; 1 Two or three lines through modern poetic theory; 2 Rhyme and reason; 3 The object; 4 Hearing voices; 5 The flowers of rhetoric; Part 2: Readings; 6 Darkling; 7 Forgetting Tennyson's memory; 8 Hopkins, 'f' and 'l'; 9 Symons in the decade of decadence; 10 High Windows, reframed; 11 The case of J. H. Prynne; Notes; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781441148520

1441148523

9781283736138

1283736136

9781441149763

1441149767

OCLC:

809910948