The poetics of utopia : shadows of futurity in Yeats and Auden / Stewart Cole.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cole, Stewart, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973.

Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh).

Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939.

Yeats, W. B. (William Butler).

British literature--20th century.

British literature.

Irish literature--20th century.

Irish literature.

Poetry.

Utopia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2023.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2023.

System Details:

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Summary:

Focusing on the work of two of the 20th-century's most politically engaged poets - W. B. Yeats and W. H. Auden - this book unpacks how they directly confront the concept of "utopia," how they engage with utopia as a literary genre, and how their work conceives of poetry as a utopian artform capable of uniquely embodying our social aspirations. Despite consistently projecting visions of more ideal futures through both its subject matter and its form, poetry is not often counted among the annals of utopian literature. Through an examination of these two great writers' poems, essays, reviews, and other writings, with a focus on many of their best-known poems, this book highlights both the pervasive presence of a utopian impulse in their work and the importance of their contributions to discussions of utopia's meaning and relevance in both their own politically fraught era and ours.

ISBN:

9781350293885

OCLC:

1369644285

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