The Etymological Poetry of W. H. Auden, J. H. Prynne, and Paul Muldoon

The Etymological Poetry of W. H. Auden, J. H. Prynne, and Paul Muldoon
Author :
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 288
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780192591005
ISBN-13 : 0192591002
Rating : 4/5 (002 Downloads)

Book Synopsis The Etymological Poetry of W. H. Auden, J. H. Prynne, and Paul Muldoon by : Mia Gaudern

Download or read book The Etymological Poetry of W. H. Auden, J. H. Prynne, and Paul Muldoon written by Mia Gaudern and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2020-07-10 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book defines, analyses, and theorises a late modern 'etymological poetry' that is alive to the past lives of its words, and probes the possible significance of them both explicitly and implicitly. Close readings of poetry and criticism by Auden, Prynne, and Muldoon investigate the implications of their etymological perspectives for the way their language establishes relationships between people, and between people and the world. These twin functions of communication and representation are shown to be central to the critical reception of etymological poetry, which is a category of 'difficult' poetry. However resonant poetic etymologising may be, critics warn that it shows the poet's natural interest in language degenerating into an unhealthy obsession with the dictionary. It is unavoidably pedantic, in the post-Saussurean era, to entertain the idea that a word's history might have any relevance to its current use. As such, etymological poetry elicits the closest of close readings, thus encouraging readers to reflect not only on its own pedantry, obscurity, and virtuosity, but also on how these qualities function in criticism. As well as presenting a new way of reading three very different late modern poet-critics, this book addresses an understudied aspect of the relationship between poetry and criticism. Its findings are situated in the context of literary debates about difficulty and diction, and in larger cultural conversations about the workings of language as a historical event.


The Etymological Poetry of W. H. Auden, J. H. Prynne, and Paul Muldoon Related Books

The Etymological Poetry of W. H. Auden, J. H. Prynne, and Paul Muldoon
Language: en
Pages: 288
Authors: Mia Gaudern
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-07-10 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This book defines, analyses, and theorises a late modern 'etymological poetry' that is alive to the past lives of its words, and probes the possible significanc
The Etymological Poetry of W. H. Auden, J. H. Prynne, and Paul Muldoon
Language: en
Pages: 219
Authors: Mia Gaudern
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-07-09 - Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This book defines, analyses, and theorises a late modern 'etymological poetry' that is alive to the past lives of its words, and probes the possible significanc
The Life of Words
Language: en
Pages: 288
Authors: David-Antoine Williams
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-05-05 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

For centuries, investigations into the origins of words were entwined with investigations into the origins of humanity and the cosmos. With the development of m
Selected Poems of W. H. Auden
Language: en
Pages: 386
Authors: W. H. Auden
Categories: Poetry
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007-02-13 - Publisher: Vintage

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This significantly expanded edition of W. H. Auden’s Selected Poems adds twenty poems to the hundred in the original edition, broadening its focus to better r
Reading Paul Muldoon
Language: en
Pages: 232
Authors: Clair Wills
Categories: Muldoon, Paul
Type: BOOK - Published: 1998 - Publisher:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK