Dana Gioia : poet and critic / edited by John Zheng and Jon Parrish Peede.

Other author Zheng, Jianqing, editor.
Other author Peede, Jon Parrish, editor.
Other author Mercer Unviersity Press.
Format Book
PublicationMacon, Georgia : Mercer University Press, [2024]
Descriptionpages cm
Subjects
Gioia, Dana--Criticism and interpretation.
American poetry--20th century. --History and criticism.
American poetry--21st century. --History and criticism.

Contents Dana Gioia : a chronology / April Lindner and John Zheng -- Introduction : Dana Gioia : a voice for our time / Jon Parrish Peede -- Dana Gioia and visionary realism / Robert McPhillips -- Poems of exile and loss : daily horoscope / April Lindner -- Dana Gioia : critic and poet of the new formalism / Franz Link -- Dana Gioia and expansive poetry / Kevin Walzer -- On the Gods of winter / Anne Stevenson -- Culture and the subculture : on can poetry matter? / Christopher Clausen -- Poetry & the silencing of art / Hilton Kramer -- On interrogations at noon / Leslie Monsour -- Dana Gioia : a contemporary metaphysics / Janet McCann -- On Dana Gioia / William Oxley -- The achievement of Dana Gioia / Jack Foley -- Dana Gioia's dramatic monologues / Samuel Maio -- Naming and taming the truth : Dana Gioia's transformative poetry / Roxana Elena Doncu -- In Christ-haunted California : Dana Gioia's 99 Poems / James Matthew Wilson -- "Faith's ardor in an air-conditioned tomb" : sights of the unseen in a secular age / Joshua Hren -- The art of story-telling : Dana Gioia's "Ballad of Jesús Ortiz" / John Zheng -- Beloved communities : on Meet me at the lighthouse / Ned Balbo -- The turn in Dana Gioia's Meet me at the lighthouse / Shirley Geok-lin Lim -- The poet as critic and public intellectual / Matthew Brennan -- The state of letters : the inner exile of Dana Gioia / David Mason.
Abstract "During the past forty years, Dana Gioia has had as transformative an impact on American literature as any living author. A major poet, creative visionary, and forthright critic, he has played a pivotal role in the field by arguing for more honest reviewing, questioning the isolated state of American poetry, and advocating for the return to form and narrative. This collection of twenty essays is the first multi-author critical effort to explore the extent of Gioia's influential presence on the literary world. Dana Gioia: Poet and Critic brings together more than thirty years of scholarship to illuminate the scope of his artistic achievement and cultural impact. The book includes the most significant critical responses to his award-winning poetry and prose. It also provides an unparalleled foundation for understanding his literary influences, preoccupations, and intentions. The essay collection is divided into three sections covering Gioia's early career (Daily Horoscope, The Gods of Winter, and Can Poetry Matter?), midcareer (Interrogations at Noon and Nosferatu), and later career (Pity the Beautiful, 99 Poems, and Meet Me at the Lighthouse). In addition to providing close readings of individual poems and essays, it examines the overarching themes of his work, such as his religious faith, love of California, and engagement with the Western intellectual tradition. Contributors include Ned Balbo, Matthew Brennan, Christopher Clausen, Roxana Elena Doncu, Jack Foley, Joshua Hren, Hilton Kramer, Shirley Geoklin Lim, April Lindner, Franz Link, Samuel Maio, David Mason, Janet McCann, Robert McPhillips, Leslie Monsour, William Oxley, Jon Parrish Peede, Anne Stevenson, Kevin Walzer, James Matthew Wilson, and John Zheng"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other formOnline version: Dana Gioia Macon, Georgia : Mercer University Press, [2024] 9780881469578
LCCN 2024030453
ISBN9780881469561
ISBN0881469564
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