| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 416 pages) |
| Contents |
A modernist poetic : Marianne Moore, Wallace Stevens, and T.S. Eliot -- Eliot and humanism : Charles Maurras, J.M. Robertson, and Bertrand Russell -- Writing poetry in a time of war -- Rethinking Western culture -- Eliot, Stevens, and "Pale Ramon" Fernandez -- the function of poetry : the "pure poetry" debate -- Avoiding the abyss : Ash-Wednesday and "The man with the blue guitar." |
| Summary |
Where Eliot's poetry is dominated by cultural, religious, and philosophical anxiety, Stevens' is bright, witty, and playful - and commonly dismissed as superficial. Surette demonstrates the seriousness of Stevens' life-long engagement with the modern dilemma of disbelief, showing that he, like Eliot, rejected the Humanist resolution. Surette proceeds by juxtaposing the two poets' responses in poetry and prose to the same texts and events: Marianne Moore's poetry, the Great War, Humanists and anti-Humanists, the Franco-Mexican Humanist Ramon Fernandez, Pure Poetry, and, finally, the gathering war clouds of the late 1930s |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 393-405) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Stevens, Wallace, 1879-1955 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965 -- Criticism and interpretation
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| SUBJECT |
Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965 fast |
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Stevens, Wallace, 1879-1955 fast |
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Eliot, Thomas S. swd |
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Stevens, Wallace. swd |
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Humanism in literature.
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Civilization, Western, in literature.
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Poetry, Modern -- 20th century.
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POETRY -- American -- General.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- General.
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Civilization, Western, in literature
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Humanism in literature
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Poetry, Modern
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780773575059 |
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0773575057 |
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