Democracy, Culture, and the Voice of Poetry - Rilegato

Pinsky, Robert

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ISBN 10: 0691096171 ISBN 13: 9780691096179

Casa editrice: Princeton Univ Pr, 2002

Riassunto

A two-time Poet Laureate argues that the voice of poetry, in its reflection of the individual and communal life, is at the heart of American culture and should not be mistaken as a casualty of modern mass entertainment and urges readers to reassess poetry as a significant and fundamental art form. (Literature)

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Recensione:

"An engaging analysis of the way the intimate rhythms of American poetry invoke a social presence. Pinsky, a former poet laureate, passionately argues that American poetry is driven by the anxiety of being forgotten; the solitary poet makes us aware of the presence of others as he yearns for their approval while striving to preserve his uniqueness. . . . He concludes that only through the individual reader does a poem reach full bloom."--Natalya Sukhonos, New York Times Book Review

"Pinsky is, by turns, whimsical and profound."--Carol Muske-Dukes, Los Angeles Times Book Review

"Pinsky argues forcefully that poetry has not been rendered obsolete by globalization, commercialization, and technological advance; instead, poetry is more necessary than ever, as it gives voice to the individual."--Library Journal

"One is never in any doubt about the tendency of Pinsky's argument. He urges appreciation not of what the poet does in writing a poem, but of what the poet does in reading it. The poet mainly counts as one more reader. So, too, Pinsky's idea of the place of poetry in democratic culture comes from an image of someone reading a poem to an audience."--David Bromwich, The New Republic

"Pinsky . . . champions the importance of each individual whose breath creates or carries a poem, without which society would be nonexistent."--Alexandra Yurovsky, San Francisco Chronicle

L'autore:

Robert Pinsky, who served as Poet Laureate of the United States, 1997-2000, is the author of many books, including: Jersey Rain, Americans' Favorite Poems, Poems to Read, The Sounds of Poetry, The Handbook of Heartbreak, The Inferno of Dante: A New Verse Translation, among others, and three works published by Princeton: An Explanation of America; The Situation of Poetry; and Sadness and Happiness. He is Professor of English and Creative Writing at Boston University. This book emerged from the Tanner Lectures that he delivered at Princeton's University Center for Human Values in 2001.

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• Editore: Princeton Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0691096171
• ISBN 13: 9780691096179
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 112