The Burden of the Past and the English Poet
Title | The Burden of the Past and the English Poet PDF eBook |
Author | Walter Jackson Bate |
Publisher | Belknap Press |
Pages | 164 |
Release | 1991 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 9780674085879 |
In this reissue of a classic work in modern literary criticism, W. Jackson Bate presents a thoughtful and informed investigation of the responses of English writers to the perennial dilemma of modern literature, concentrating especially on the period between 1660 and 1830.
The Burden of the Past Andthe English Poet
Title | The Burden of the Past Andthe English Poet PDF eBook |
Author | Walter Jackson Bate |
Publisher | |
Pages | 141 |
Release | 1970 |
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Loving in Verse
Title | Loving in Verse PDF eBook |
Author | Stephen Guy-Bray |
Publisher | University of Toronto Press |
Pages | 153 |
Release | 2006-01-01 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 0802092039 |
The current critical tendency in the study of Renaissance literature is to regard the relationship between a poet and his predecessor as either familial or antagonistic. Stephen Guy-Bray argues that neither of these models can be applied to all poetic relationships and that, in fact, the romantic and even sexual nature of some relationships must be considered. Loving in Verse examines how three poets present their relationship to their most important predecessors, beginning with Dante's use of Virgil and Statius in the Divine Comedy, moving on to Spenser's use of medieval English poets in theFaerie Queene, and finally addressing Hart Crane's use of Whitman in The Bridge. In each case, Guy-Bray shows how the younger poet presents himself and the older poet as part of a male couple. He goes on to demonstrate how male couples are, in fact, found throughout these poems, and while some are indeed familial or hostile, many are romantic or sexual. Using concepts from queer theory and close readings of images and allusions in these texts, Loving in Verse demonstrates the importance of homoeroticism to an examination of poetic influence. A discussion of the theories of poetic influence from four twentieth-century writers (T.S. Eliot, Harold Bloom, Roland Barthes, and Frank O'Hara) concludes Guy-Bray's analysis.
Literary Revisionism and the Burden of Modernity
Title | Literary Revisionism and the Burden of Modernity PDF eBook |
Author | Jean-Pierre Mileur |
Publisher | Univ of California Press |
Pages | 292 |
Release | 1985-01-01 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 9780520052369 |
The Burden of the Past and the Englisch Poet
Title | The Burden of the Past and the Englisch Poet PDF eBook |
Author | Walter Jackson Bate |
Publisher | |
Pages | 152 |
Release | 1991 |
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Influence and Intertextuality in Literary History
Title | Influence and Intertextuality in Literary History PDF eBook |
Author | Jay Clayton |
Publisher | Univ of Wisconsin Press |
Pages | 364 |
Release | 1991 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 9780299130343 |
This collection explores and clarifies two of the most contested ideas in literary theory - influence and intertextuality. The study of influence tends to centre on major authors and canonical works, identifying prior documents as sources or contexts for a given author. Intertextuality, on the other hand, is a concept unconcerned with authors as individuals; it treats all texts as part of a network of discourse that includes culture, history and social practices as well as other literary works. In thirteen essays drawing on the entire spectrum of English and American literary history, this volume considers the relationship between these two terms across the whole range of their usage.
The Anxiety of Influence
Title | The Anxiety of Influence PDF eBook |
Author | Harold Bloom |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Pages | 212 |
Release | 1997 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 9780195112214 |
The book remains a central work of criticism for all students of literature.