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Poet's Tomb, The : The Material Soul of Poetry.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Corless-Smith, Martin.
Series:
Illuminations: A Series on American Poetics
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Poetics--Philosophy.
Poetics.
Philosophical anthropology in literature.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (107 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Other Title:
Poet's Tomb, The
Place of Publication:
La Vergne : Parlor Press, LLC, 2020.
Summary:
The Poet's Tomb tracks the evolution of consciousness as defined by and contained in poetry from the Ancient to the Contemporary. Using the work of Sappho, Virgil, Keats, Celan and Alice Notley, the book argues for a material foundation for consciousness and ideas such as the Sublime and the Soul.
Contents:
Front cover
Series page
Title page
Copyright page
Contents
Introduction: The Poem's Soul
The raving mouth-or why the muse ain't moribund
Prologue: Living on the Edge, the Bittersweet Place of Poetry.
1 Leopardi's Material Infinite
2 The Poet's Tomb
3 Herrick's Wild Civility
Postscript: On Sublimity
About the Author
Back cover
About the Author.
Notes:
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ISBN:
9781643171784
164317178X
9781643171777
1643171771
OCLC:
1257666526

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