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Auteur(s) : Altieri, Charles (1942-....)
Titre(s) : Self and sensibility in contemporary American poetry [Texte imprimé] / Charles Altieri
Publication : Cambridge (GB) ; New York : Cambridge university press, 2009
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (viii, 237 p.) ; 24 cm
Collection : Cambridge studies in American literature and culture ; [2]
Lien à la collection : Cambridge studies in American literature and culture
Note(s) : First published 1984. - Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-233) and index
Self and Sensibility in Contemporary American Poetry is an inquiry into the cultural
roles lyric poetry does and can play in our age. Charles Altieri first establishes
a dominant mode in "serious" American poetry by identifying current assumptions inherent
in the teaching of creative writing and the awarding of prizes and contracts. The
dominant mode is seen not as a prescribed style but as a set of styles that share
assumptions and that tend to seek the same narrow audience. Altieri views this mode
as essentially scenic, presenting in brief dramatic settings subdued, carefully wrought
emotions that build to a climactic tactile image. In examining why the style appeals,
the author suggests that we find in the dominant mode models of the self, of the power
of language, and of the nature of emotions that are very, close to the prudential
narcissism of the professional classes. Two theses follow: that contemporary poetry
can be approached as a paradigm for analyzing literature in
Sujet(s) : Creeley, Robert (1926-2005) -- Thèmes, motifs
Ashbery, John (1927-2017) -- Thèmes, motifs
Rich, Adrienne Cecile (1929-2012) -- Thèmes, motifs
Égotisme
Poésie américaine -- 1945-1990 -- Thèmes, motifs
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 0521253969. - ISBN 9780521253963. - ISBN 9780521274135. - ISBN 0521274133 (br.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45784603p
Notice n° :
FRBNF45784603
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Self and sensibility in contemporary poetry ; The dominant poetic mode of the late
seventies ; The pressure to transform ; The paradoxes of contemporary antiromanticism
; Robert Creeley 's poetics of conjecture : the pains and pleasures of staging a self
at war with its own lyric desires ; John Ashbery : discursive rhetoric within a poetics
of thinking ; Self-reflection as action : the recent work of Adrienne Rich ; Epilogue
: criticism and contemporary poetry.
