The Echoing Wood of Theodore Roethke / Jenijoy Labelle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Labelle, Jenijoy, author.

Series:

Princeton legacy library.

Princeton essays in literature.

Princeton Essays in Literature ; 1417

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.).

Roethke, Theodore, 1908-1963--Criticism and interpretation.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (190 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A poet's tradition provides him with a sense of community that may be regarded as a necessary condition for poetry. Jenijoy La Belle, who studied with Roethke, here describes the cultural tradition that he defined and created for himself. In so doing, she demonstrates how an understanding of Roethke's sources and the influences on his work is essential for its interpretation. The author considers the sources of Roethke's poetry and the influence on him of a wide circle of poets including T. S. Eliot, Yeats, Whitman, Wordsworth, Smart, Donne, Sir John Davies, and Dante. In addition, she traces the changes in Roethke's response to his literary past as he moves from his early lyrics to his final sequences. His imitation of selected poets began as a conscious effort but later became a basic component of his imaginative faculties, encompassing an historical attitude and a psychological state.Originally published in 1976.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Acknowledgments

Contents

Introduction

I. Conscious Imitation

II. Sympathetic Imitation

III. A Widening Sensibility

IV. Archetypes of Tradition

V. A Motion Not His Own

VI. Meditations

VII. A Storm of Correspondences

Afterword

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

9780691616919

0691616914

9781400869954

1400869951

OCLC:

795313716