|
Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Poetry & poets
|
Buy Now
On Modern Poetry (Hardcover)
Loot Price: R854
Discovery Miles 8 540
|
|
|
On Modern Poetry (Hardcover)
Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days
|
An incisive, unified account of modern poetry in the Western
tradition, arguing that the emergence of the lyric as a dominant
verse style is emblematic of the age of the individual. Between the
end of the eighteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth,
poetry in the West was transformed. The now-common idea that poetry
mostly corresponds with the lyric in the modern sense-a genre in
which a first-person speaker talks self-referentially-was foreign
to ancient, medieval, and Renaissance poetics. Yet in a relatively
short time, age-old habits gave way. Poets acquired unprecedented
freedom to write obscurely about private experiences, break rules
of meter and syntax, use new vocabulary, and entangle first-person
speakers with their own real-life identities. Poetry thus became
the most subjective genre of modern literature. On Modern Poetry
reconstructs this metamorphosis, combining theoretical reflections
with literary history and close readings of poets from Giacomo
Leopardi to Louise Gluck. Guido Mazzoni shows that the evolution of
modern poetry involved significant changes in the way poetry was
perceived, encouraged the construction of first-person poetic
personas, and dramatically altered verse style. He interprets these
developments as symptoms of profound historical and cultural shifts
in the modern period: the crisis of tradition, the rise of
individualism, the privileging of self-expression and its
paradoxes. Mazzoni also reflects on the place of poetry in mass
culture today, when its role has been largely assumed by popular
music. The result is a rich history of literary modernity and a
bold new account of poetry's transformations across centuries and
national traditions.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
