The American love lyric after Auschwitz and Hiroshima / Barbara L. Estrin.

Author/creator Estrin, Barbara L., 1942-
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoNew York : Palgrave, 2001.
Descriptionxviii, 253 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Subjects
Stevens, Wallace, 1879-1955--Criticism and interpretation.
Lowell, Robert, 1917-1977--Criticism and interpretation.
Rich, Adrienne, 1929-2012--Criticism and interpretation.
Stevens, Wallace, 1879-1955--Criticism and interpretation.
Lowell, Robert, 1917-1977--Criticism and interpretation.
Rich, Adrienne, 1929-2012--Criticism and interpretation.
Love poetry, American--History and criticism.
American poetry--20th century. --History and criticism.
World War, 1939-1945--Literature and the war.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in literature.
World War, 1939-1945--United States.
World War, 1939-1945--Influence.
Hiroshima-shi (Japan)--History. --Bombardment, 1945. --Influence.
Hiroshima-shi (Japan)--History. --Bombardment, 1945. --Influence.

Contents Theorizing the lyric -- "Form gulping after formlessness": Petrarch's resistant Lauras in Steven's "Auroras of autumn" -- "The intricate evasions of As": history's duplicities in Steven's "An ordinary evening in New Haven" -- "Infinite mischief": Robert Lowell's fiction of desire in The dolphin -- "Solid with yearning": Lowelling and Laureling in Day by day -- Reversing the past: Adrienne Rich's outrage against order -- "At long last first": Adrienne Rich's Dark fields and Samuel Beckett's colorless Cliff -- After-words.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [223]-245) and index.
LCCN 2001034820
ISBN0312238657

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks PS310.L65 E88 2001 ✔ Available Place Hold