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Poetic Argument: Studies in Modern Poetry

By Jonathan Kertzer

Book information

Publisher
Mcgill Queens University Press
Year
1989
ISBN
0773506799, 9780773506794
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
12 MB (12180937 bytes)
Edition
1St Edition
Pages
201\210
Time added
2015-01-22 07:19:49

Description

Beginning with an essay on the history and theory of poetic argument, he traces its patterns through Romantic and Modernist literature. He divides his subject into three areas: the paradoxes of reason, language, and argument. Poetic Argument surveys the writings of the five poets in light of what has to be proved and identifies the characteristic styles of proof for each. For example, in the chapter on Marianne Moore, Kertzer studies two expressions of poetic argument. The first regards poetry as a waking dream, combining the powers of sleep and calculation. The second, derived from Imagism, treats poetry as a special way of seeing. Kertzer suggests that the combination of these two elements produces Moore's characteristically intricate, but inconclusive, forms of argument.

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