The Poetry of Thom Gunn: A Critical Study - Couverture souple

Michelucci, Stefania

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0786436875 ISBN 13 : 9780786436873

Editeur : McFarland & Co Inc, 2009

Synopsis

Thom Gunn served as a mouthpiece for his time, illustrating the social, cultural, and historical transformations that have characterized western civilization from World War II until today. Starting with theoretical premises drawn from philosophy, anthropology, and sociology, this work examines Thom Gunn's entire poetic career. In Gunn's early poetry, the author argues, the predominant theme is the desire for freedom from the painful prison of the intellect and from the masks that the individual feels compelled to wear even in his sexual relationships. In Gunn's later poetry, the author notes a gradual opening to human relationships and to Nature, which is also Gunn's vindication and reevaluation of his own nature and the liberation of his long repressed and hidden homosexuality.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Stefania Michelucci is a professor of English Studies at the University of Genoa (Italy). She has written extensively on Lawrence and on other 19th and 20th century authors. She has also worked on the relationship between literature and the visual arts.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: McFarland & Co Inc
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0786436875
• ISBN 13: 9780786436873
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 222
• Éditeur: Franks Jill
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