Power, Plain English, And the Rise of Modern Poetry - Couverture rigide

Rosen, David

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 030010071X ISBN 13 : 9780300100716

Editeur : Yale University Press, 2006

Synopsis

In this engaging book, David Rosen offers a radically new account of modern poetry and revises our understanding of its relation to Romanticism. British poets from Wordsworth to Auden attempted to present themselves simultaneously as persons of power and as moral voices in their communities. The modern lyric derives its characteristic complexities - psychological, ethical, formal - from the extraordinary difficulty of this effort. The low register of our language, a register of short, concrete, native words arranged in simple syntax, is deeply implicated in this story. Rosen shows how the peculiar reputation of 'plain English' for truthfulness is employed by modern poets to conceal the rift between their (probably irreconcilable) ambitions for themselves. With a deep appreciation for poetic accomplishment and a wonderful iconoclasm, Rosen sheds new light on the innovative as well as the self-deceptive aspects of modern poetry. This book alters our understanding of the history of poetry in the English language.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

David Rosen is assistant professor of English, Trinity College, Hartford, CT.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Yale University Press
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 030010071X
• ISBN 13: 9780300100716
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 224
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