George Oppen and the fate of modernism / Peter Nicholls.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nicholls, Peter, 1950-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Oppen, George--Criticism and interpretation.

Oppen, George.

Modernism (Literature).

Physical Description:

222 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.

Summary:

This study of 20th-century American poet George Oppen promises to become a key resource for those interested not only in Oppen himself, but in the history of literary modernism. Drawing extensively on largely unpublished papers and presenting material that has not yet appeared in print, Peter Nicholls gives a detailed account of Oppen's life and work, enriched by close readings of many of his poems.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

List of Figures

Abbreviations

Note to the Reader

Introduction

1. Beginning Again

2. Materials

3. 'That it is', or This in Which

4. 'What it is': Of Being Numerous

5. From Avant-Garde to Hegel

6. 'A metaphysical edge': Seascape: Needle's Eye

7. 'Out of the Whirl Wind': Myth of the Blaze and Primitive

Appendix A

Appendix B

Bibliography

Index

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

Y

Z.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-214) and index.

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ISBN:

9780191527333

0191527335

9781435618053

OCLC:

437093595