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American Errancy: Empire, Sublimity and Modern Poetry
Justin Quinn
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Description for American Errancy: Empire, Sublimity and Modern Poetry
Hardcover. American Errancy is a wide-ranging study of the connection between ideology and the sublime in the work of twentieth-century poets, all American with two, or perhaps three important exceptions. The poets studied include, Allen Ginsberg, A.R. Ammons, Emerson, Eliot, Hill and many more. Num Pages: 212 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 449.
American Errancy is a wide-ranging study of the connection between ideology and the sublime in the work of twentieth-century poets, all American with two, or perhaps three important exceptions. The poets chosen are in debate with the Romantic individualism of Emerson - some reject it outright, but the remainder have devoted substantial work to adjusting to the changed circumstances of their century. The link between Romantic individualism and ideological contexts has preoccupied much criticism of American literature in the last twenty years. For the most part, critics arraign this tradition, suggesting that the writers abscond from difficult political dilemmas to ... Read more
American Errancy is a wide-ranging study of the connection between ideology and the sublime in the work of twentieth-century poets, all American with two, or perhaps three important exceptions. The poets chosen are in debate with the Romantic individualism of Emerson - some reject it outright, but the remainder have devoted substantial work to adjusting to the changed circumstances of their century. The link between Romantic individualism and ideological contexts has preoccupied much criticism of American literature in the last twenty years. For the most part, critics arraign this tradition, suggesting that the writers abscond from difficult political dilemmas to ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Univ College Dublin Pr
Number of pages
212
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
Number of Pages
212
Place of Publication
Dublin, Ireland
ISBN
9781904558354
SKU
V9781904558354
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About Justin Quinn
Justin Quinn is Associate Professor at the Charles University, Prague. He has published three volumes of poetry, most recently Fuselage (Gallery, 2002) and in the same year UCD Press published his Gathered Beneath the Storm: Wallace Stevens, Nature and Community. He was a founding editor of the Irish poetry magazine Metre, which he edited with David Wheatley for ten years. ... Read more
Reviews for American Errancy: Empire, Sublimity and Modern Poetry
"T. S. Eliot praised Henry James for having a mind so fine 'that no idea could violate it'. Quinn shows that American poets can deal with ideas without being violated by them. This study ... belongs in collections strong in modern poetry and American studies." CHOICE June 2006 "Justin Quinn's American Errancy: Empire, Sublimity and Modern Poetry - ... Read more