Lyric Poetry: The Pain and the Pleasure of Words by Mutlu Blasing (English) Hard

Description: Lyric Poetry by Mutlu Blasing Argues that the individual in a lyric is only a virtual entity and that lyric poetry takes its power from the public, emotional power of language itself. This work proposes that lyric poetry is a public discourse rooted in the mother tongue. It demonstrates the ways that the lyric "I" speaks, from first to last, as a creation of poetic language. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Lyric poetry has long been regarded as the intensely private, emotional expression of individuals, powerful precisely because it draws readers into personal worlds. But who, exactly, is the "I" in a lyric poem, and how is it created? In Lyric Poetry, Mutlu Blasing argues that the individual in a lyric is only a virtual entity and that lyric poetry takes its power from the public, emotional power of language itself. In the first major new theory of the lyric to be put forward in decades, Blasing proposes that lyric poetry is a public discourse deeply rooted in the mother tongue. She looks to poetic, linguistic, and psychoanalytic theory to help unravel the intricate historical processes that generate speaking subjects, and concludes that lyric forms convey both personal and communal emotional histories in language. Focusing on the work of such diverse twentieth-century American poets as T. S. Eliot, Ezra Pound, Wallace Stevens, and Anne Sexton, Blasing demonstrates the ways that the lyric "I" speaks, from first to last, as a creation of poetic language. Notes This is a splendid book, one of the best on the lyric that I have ever read, combining a rich and original theoretical account with chapters on four major twentieth-century American poets. Blasings take on the lyric is convincing and original. -- Jonathan Culler, Cornell University Back Cover "This is a splendid book, one of the best on the lyric that I have ever read, combining a rich and original theoretical account with chapters on four major twentieth-century American poets. Blasings take on the lyric is convincing and original." --Jonathan Culler, Cornell University Flap "This is a splendid book, one of the best on the lyric that I have ever read, combining a rich and original theoretical account with chapters on four major twentieth-century American poets. Blasings take on the lyric is convincing and original."--Jonathan Culler, Cornell University Author Biography Mutlu Konuk Blasing is Professor of English at Brown University. She is the author of The Art of Life, American Poetry, and Politics and Form in Postmodern Poetry. Table of Contents Acknowledgments ix Introduction: "Making Choice of a Human Self" 1 PART ONE: Lyric Theory Chapter 1: The Lyric Subject 27 Chapter 2: The Historical "I" 45 Chapter 3: The Scripted "I" 78 Chapter 4: The Body of Words 96 PART TWO: Lyric Practice Chapter 5: Four Quartets: Rhetoric Redeemed 115 Chapter 6: Wallace Stevens and "The Less Legible Meanings of Sounds" 133 Chapter 7: Pounds Soundtrack: "Reading Cantos for What Is on the Page" 149 Chapter 8: Anne Sexton, "The Typo" 178 Coda: The Haunted House of "Anna" 198 Works Cited 205 Index 213 Review "In her discussions of infant language acquisition, but more broadly in her portrayal of frames by which we separate poems from non-poems, Blasing has written a smart book that other critics will use, even critics with different attitudes toward individual poets and their poems."--Stephen Burt, Modern Philology Promotional This is a splendid book, one of the best on the lyric that I have ever read, combining a rich and original theoretical account with chapters on four major twentieth-century American poets. Blasings take on the lyric is convincing and original. -- Jonathan Culler, Cornell University Long Description Lyric poetry has long been regarded as the intensely private, emotional expression of individuals, powerful precisely because it draws readers into personal worlds. But who, exactly, is the "I" in a lyric poem, and how is it created? In Lyric Poetry, Mutlu Blasing argues that the individual in a lyric is only a virtual entity and that lyric poetry takes its power from the public, emotional power of language itself. In the first major new theory of the lyric to be put forward in decades, Blasing proposes that lyric poetry is a public discourse deeply rooted in the mother tongue. She looks to poetic, linguistic, and psychoanalytic theory to help unravel the intricate historical processes that generate speaking subjects, and concludes that lyric forms convey both personal and communal emotional histories in language. Focusing on the work of such diverse twentieth-century American poets as T. S. Eliot, Ezra Pound, Wallace Stevens, and Anne Sexton, Blasing demonstrates the ways that the lyric "I" speaks, from first to last, as a creation of poetic language. Review Quote "This is a splendid book, one of the best on the lyric that I have ever read, combining a rich and original theoretical account with chapters on four major twentieth-century American poets. Blasings take on the lyric is convincing and original." --Jonathan Culler, Cornell University Details ISBN0691126828 Short Title LYRIC POETRY Publisher Princeton University Press Language English ISBN-10 0691126828 ISBN-13 9780691126821 Media Book Format Hardcover DEWEY 809.104 Year 2006 Imprint Princeton University Press Subtitle The Pain and the Pleasure of Words Place of Publication New Jersey Country of Publication United States Illustrations 1 halftone. Translated from English DOI 10.1604/9780691126821 UK Release Date 2006-12-24 NZ Release Date 2006-12-24 US Release Date 2006-12-24 Pages 232 Publication Date 2006-12-24 Audience Professional & Vocational Author Mutlu Blasing AU Release Date 2007-03-05 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:161690607;

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