The Wounded Surgeon: Confession and Transformation in Six American Poets (Robert Lowell, Elizabeth Bishop, John Berryman, Randall Jarrell, Delmore Schwartz, Sylvia Plath) - Couverture souple

Kirsch, Adam

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0393339351 ISBN 13 : 9780393339352

Editeur : W. W. Norton & Company, 2005

Synopsis

Robert Lowell, Elizabeth Bishop, Sylvia Plath, John Berryman, Randall Jarrell, and Delmore Schwartz formed one of the great constellations of talent in American literature. In the decades after World War II, they changed American poetry forever by putting themselves at risk in their poems in a new and provocative way. Their daring work helped to inspire the popular style of poetry now known as "confessional." But partly as a result of their openness, they have become better known for their tumultuous lives--afflicted by mental illness, alcoholism, and suicide--than for their work. This book reclaims their achievement by offering critical "biographies of the poetry"--tracing the development of each poet's work, exploring their major themes and techniques, and examining how they transformed life into art. An ideal introduction for readers coming to these major American poets for the first time, it will also help veteran readers to appreciate their work in a new light.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Adam Kirsch is the author of several books of poetry and criticism. A 2016 Guggenheim Fellow, Kirsch is an editor at the Wall Street Journal's Weekend Review section and has written for publications including The New Yorker and Tablet. He lives in New York.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: W. W. Norton & Company
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0393339351
• ISBN 13: 9780393339352
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 318
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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