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Reading Mark Strand: His Collected Works, Career, and the Poetics of the Privative

Book information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan US
Year
2007
ISBN
978-1-349-73799-4, 978-1-137-08555-9
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1990621 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
XV, 216\228
Time added
2017-11-21 00:00:00

Description

Combining phenomenological ideals with rigorous close reading and antithetical criticism, this study assesses the career evolution of the Pulitzer Prize-winning former U.S. poet laureate, while providing a methodology for analyzing other poetic careers. Front Matter....Pages i-xv Introduction: “Between Two Great Darks”: How to Read Poetry....Pages 1-18 Staving Off the World: The Early Years....Pages 19-43 “Still We Feel Better for Trying,” or Why Write a Poem?: The Story of Our Lives, The Late Hour, “New Poems,” The Continuous Life....Pages 45-72 Earning One’s Wings: Dark Harbor....Pages 73-106 Reinventing the Self: Blizzard of One....Pages 107-175 Supplement: Angel Becomes Dog Becomes Camel: Man and Camel....Pages 177-191 Coda: Between Two Great Darks....Pages 193-199 Back Matter....Pages 201-216

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