The Grounding of American Poetry: Charles Olson and the Emersonian Tradition

ISBN-13: 9780521443036 / Angielski / Twarda / 1993 / 186 str.

Stephen Fredman

Opis

Stephen Fredman asserts in this work that American poetry is groundless - that each generation of American poets faces the problem of identity anew and discovers for itself fresh meaning.

Recenzje

"Cogent, persuasive and at times dazzling, this book makes an impressive and innovative contribution to understanding the influence of Emerson and the transcendentalists on the Black Mountain poets in particular, but also American poetic practice in general." Tim Woods, English

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. Williams, Eliot and American tradition; 2. Finding out for oneself; 3. Resistance and poetic community; 4. The poetics of recognition; 5. Circles and boundaries; 6. Conclusion; Notes; Index.