The Figure of the Animal in Modern and Contemporary Poetry

ISBN-13: 9783319706658 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 256 str.

Michael Malay

Opis

Through a series of close readings, and by paying close attention to issues of sound, rhythm, simile, metaphor, and image, it explores how the poetry cultivates a special openness towards animal others. The thinking behind this book is inspired by J.

Recenzje

"Malay's use of metaphor and simile is often a subtle and intelligent response to the challenge of maintaining loyalty to poetics, of not reducing it to 'two-mindedness', or worse. These scrupulous close readings sit alongside a wide range of references-from Henry David Thoreau to Max Weber-that draw them into a wider debate." (Danny O'Connor, The Review of English Studies, May 29, 2019)

Spis treści

1 Why Look at Animals?: Poetry and the Difficulty of Reality 

2 The Homely and the Wild in Marianne Moore

and Elizabeth Bishop 

3 Rhythmic Contact: Ted Hughes and Animal Life 

4 Presence and the Mystery of Embodiment: Les Murray’s

Translations from the Natural World 

5 Poetry’s Electric Being 

Works Cited 

Index 

O autorze

Michael Malay is Lecturer in English Literature and Environmental Humanities at the University of Bristol, UK.