In the course of the study Montgomery considers the growing emphasis upon the self's becoming the focus of poetry until this shift culminated in the literature of the most autobiographical century in western letters--the twentieth. Dante, Wordsworth, and Eliot are discussed at length, individually and in relation to one another, as principal instances of the reflective poet. The critic also considers other illustrative figures such as Milton, Coleridge, Keats, Whitman, Pound, Joyce, and Hemingway. These and other writers have traveled along the romantic road anticipated by "The Divine Comedy." Finally, the author suggests, the road may end in a labyrinth so far as the contemporary writer is concerned.
In his increasing concern with the problems of the self and of the mind, the poet has been forced to invent new modes and techniques, which as the author demonstrates, grow out of his response to the psychological and metaphysical preoccupations of his age.
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In the course of the study Montgomery considers the growing emphasis upon the self's becoming the focus of poetry until this shift culminated in the literature of the most autobiographical century in western letters--the twentieth. Dante, Wordsworth, and Eliot are discussed at length, individually and in relation to one another, as principal instances of the reflective poet. The critic also considers other illustrative figures such as Milton, Coleridge, Keats, Whitman, Pound, Joyce, and Hemingway. These and other writers have traveled along the romantic road anticipated by "The Divine Comedy." Finally, the author suggests, the road may end in a labyrinth so far as the contemporary writer is concerned.
In his increasing concern with the problems of the self and of the mind, the poet has been forced to invent new modes and techniques, which as the author demonstrates, grow out of his response to the psychological and metaphysical preoccupations of his age.
Imprint | University of Georgia Press |
Country of origin | United States |
Release date | October 2008 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days |
First published | October 2008 |
Authors | Marion Montgomery |
Dimensions | 229 x 152 x 19mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Paperback - Unsewn / adhesive bound |
Pages | 332 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-8203-3197-3 |
Barcode | 9780820331973 |
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LSN | 0-8203-3197-X |