The etymological poetry of W.H. Auden, J.H. Prynne, and Paul Muldoon / Mia Gaudern.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gaudern, Mia, 1987- author.

Series:

Oxford English monographs

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

English poetry.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xi, 206 pages ; 24 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2020.

Contents:

1 Paul Muldoon the 'Etymological Junkie' p. 22

Speculation and Etymology in Muldoon's Criticism p. 23

Etymological Digression and Elegy p. 31

Interpreting Cryptocurrents in Maggot (2010) p. 42

Passing Judgment on Muldoon's Bravura p. 46

2 Reading J. H. Prynne with 'Mental Ears' p. 48

Etymological 'Logic' p. 49

Hearing The White Stones (1969) with 'Mental Ears' p. 53

Morphological Resonance p. 61

Hearing Prynne's Etymological Poetic p. 71

3 The Lexical Exercises of W. H. Auden p. 75

Losing Faith in Language p. 78

Coming to Terms with Etymology in 'Thanksgiving for a Habitat' p. 83

Exercises in Etymological Translation p. 90

The Necessity of Etymological Reading p. 95

4 W. H. Auden's Paysages Etymologisés p. 100

The Origins of Language p. 105

Linguistic Temptations p. 112

'Exercises in Viewing Landscapes' p. 116

The Poetry of Naming p. 123

5 Lyric Diction in J. H. Prynne p. 126

Naming Stars p. 130

The Lyric Moment p. 137

Pearls That Were (1999) p. 144

A Language Rich and Strange p. 150

6 Paul Muldoon's Onomastics p. 153

Nomen est omen and Bestowing Names p. 155

Literary Names and the Irishness of Nomen est omen p. 159

Naming Places, Placing Names p. 170

The Ominousness of Muldoon's Names p. 177

Conclusion: The Value of the Obsolete p. 180.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

019885045X

9780198850458

OCLC:

1145096207