Holocaust Poetry: Awkward Poetics in the Work of Sylvia Plath, Geoffrey Hill, Tony Harrison And Ted Hughes - Brossura

Rowland, Antony

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ISBN 10: 0748615539 ISBN 13: 9780748615537

Casa editrice: Edinburgh Univ Pr, 2005

Riassunto

The first critical study of post-Holocaust poetry in Britain.Under the umbrella term 'Holocaust poetry', this book argues that distinctions need to be made between the writing of Holocaust survivors and those who were not involved in the events of 1933 to 1945. This study focuses on the post-Holocaust writers Sylvia Plath, Geoffrey Hill, Tony Harrison and Ted Hughes, while also stressing the links between them and the Holocaust poetry of Paul Celan, Miklós Radnóti, Primo Levi and Jįnos Pilinszky.Developing his theory of 'awkwardness' Antony Rowland argues that post-Holocaust poetry can play an important part in our understanding of Holocaust writing by stressing its self-conscious, imaginative engagement with the Holocaust, as well as the literature of survivors. The book illustrates that 'awkward' poetics enable post-Holocaust poets to provide ethical responses to history, and avoid aesthetic prurience. This probing and sensitive reassessment of Holocaust-related poetry will appeal to academics and

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L'autore:

Antony Rowland is Professor of English at the University of Salford

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Book by Rowland Antony

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Edinburgh Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0748615539
• ISBN 13: 9780748615537
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 192