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'Late modernist poetics' explores the uncanny afterlife of modernist ideals in the second half of the twentieth century. Contextually and theoretically wide-ranging, the book focuses on poetry of Britain, Europe and the United States.

Table of Contents

Introduction
1. Hermetic poetry and Late modernism
2. Cunning man: Ezra Pound and secret wisdom
3. Maximal extent: Charles Olson and C G Jung
4. Shamanism and the poetics of Late modernism: J H Prynne
5. The spirit of poetry: Heidegger, Trakl, Derrida and Prynne
6. Obscurity, fragmentation and the uncanny in Prynne and Celan

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      Publisher: Manchester University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 20/01/2005
      ISBN13: 9780719058851, 978-0719058851
      ISBN10: 719058856

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      'Late modernist poetics' explores the uncanny afterlife of modernist ideals in the second half of the twentieth century. Contextually and theoretically wide-ranging, the book focuses on poetry of Britain, Europe and the United States.

      Table of Contents

      Introduction
      1. Hermetic poetry and Late modernism
      2. Cunning man: Ezra Pound and secret wisdom
      3. Maximal extent: Charles Olson and C G Jung
      4. Shamanism and the poetics of Late modernism: J H Prynne
      5. The spirit of poetry: Heidegger, Trakl, Derrida and Prynne
      6. Obscurity, fragmentation and the uncanny in Prynne and Celan

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