Description
Book SynopsisA theory of poetic production and reception based on both literary and anthropological studies and models.
Trade Review"Tarn as proven himself to be one of the most demanding and exacting of poetry's anthropologists. If his particular blend of density, polymathism, and accessibility have slipped him through the cracks of critical and popular attention, his investigations in
The Embattled Lyric provide an entryway into the contexts of Tarn's poetics, and from there into his poetry." --
Rain Taxi"Tarn's poetry and criticism is remarkable for its expansiveness and willingness to absorb material from disparate sources and disciplines. This book takes the reader on a journey with both Tarn the anthropologist and Tarn the poet/thinker absorbed in the intellectual currents of the late twentieth century." --
The Use of English"
The Embattled Lyric is written from the viewpoint of a poet/anthropologist, a series of bright essays on Celan, Paz, Huidobro, and others." --
The AgeTable of ContentsContents Preface 000 ONE: TOWARD ANY AMERICA WHATSOEVER 1. Toward Any Geography 000 2. Child as Father 000 3. Andre Breton 000 4. Newly Saying (Nishitani) 000 5. Pablo Neruda 000 6. Paul Celan 000 7. Among Altazors (Huidobro) 9840 8. Michel Leiris 000 9. The Search for the Primitive (Artaud) 000 10. Translation/Antitranslation 000 11. Octavio Paz 000 12. Initiation 000 13. Heraldic Vision 000 14. Archaeology Elegy 000 15. The Choral Voice 000 16. Exile out of Silence 000 17. New Forms 000 18. On Refining a Model 000 19. Interview 000
