W.B. Yeats, Ezra Pound, and the Poetry of Paradise

W.B. Yeats, Ezra Pound, and the Poetry of Paradise
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 286
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ISBN-10 : 9781317000754
ISBN-13 : 1317000757
Rating : 4/5 (54 Downloads)

Synopsis W.B. Yeats, Ezra Pound, and the Poetry of Paradise by : Sean Pryor

Emphasizing the interplay of aesthetic forms and religious modes, Sean Pryor's ambitious study takes up the endlessly reiterated longing for paradise that features throughout the works of W. B. Yeats and Ezra Pound. Yeats and Pound define poetry in terms of paradise and paradise in terms of poetry, Pryor suggests, and these complex interconnections fundamentally shape the development of their art. Even as he maps the shared influences and intellectual interests of Yeats and Pound, and highlights those moments when their poetic theories converge, Pryor's discussion of their poems' profound formal and conceptual differences uncovers the distinctive ways each writer imagines the divine, the good, the beautiful, or the satisfaction of desire. Throughout his study, Pryor argues that Yeats and Pound reconceive the quest for paradise as a quest for a new kind of poetry, a journey that Pryor traces by analysing unpublished manuscript drafts and newly published drafts that have received little attention. For Yeats and Pound, the journey towards a paradisal poetic becomes a never-ending quest, at once self-defeating and self-fulfilling - a formulation that has implications not only for the work of these two poets but for the study of modernist literature.

Dante's Divine Comedy

Dante's Divine Comedy
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Publisher : Angelico Press
Total Pages : 515
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ISBN-10 : 9781621387480
ISBN-13 : 1621387488
Rating : 4/5 (80 Downloads)

Synopsis Dante's Divine Comedy by : Mark Vernon

Dante Alighieri was early in recognizing that our age has a problem. His hometown, Florence, was at the epicenter of the move from the medieval world to the modern. He realized that awareness of divine reality was shifting, and that if it were lost, dire consequences would follow. The Divine Comedy was born in a time of troubling transition, which is why it still speaks today. Dante's masterpiece presents a cosmic vision of reality, which he invites his readers to traverse with him. In this narrative retelling and guide, from the gates of hell, up the mountain of purgatory, to the empyrean of paradise, Mark Vernon offers a vivid introduction and interpretation of a book that, 700 years on, continues to open minds and change lives.

Theorists of Modernist Poetry

Theorists of Modernist Poetry
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 157
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ISBN-10 : 9781134451401
ISBN-13 : 1134451407
Rating : 4/5 (01 Downloads)

Synopsis Theorists of Modernist Poetry by : Rebecca Beasley

Exploring the work of T.S. Eliot, T.E. Hulme and Ezra Pound - this book offers invaluable insight into the modernist movement and demonstrates the impact of these influential theorists on the shape and value of English Literature.

W.B. Yeats, Ezra Pound, and the Poetry of Paradise

W.B. Yeats, Ezra Pound, and the Poetry of Paradise
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Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Total Pages : 248
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ISBN-10 : 9781409478454
ISBN-13 : 1409478459
Rating : 4/5 (54 Downloads)

Synopsis W.B. Yeats, Ezra Pound, and the Poetry of Paradise by : Dr Sean Pryor

Emphasizing the interplay of aesthetic forms and religious modes, Sean Pryor's ambitious study takes up the endlessly reiterated longing for paradise that features throughout the works of W. B. Yeats and Ezra Pound. Yeats and Pound define poetry in terms of paradise and paradise in terms of poetry, Pryor suggests, and these complex interconnections fundamentally shape the development of their art. Even as he maps the shared influences and intellectual interests of Yeats and Pound, and highlights those moments when their poetic theories converge, Pryor's discussion of their poems' profound formal and conceptual differences uncovers the distinctive ways each writer imagines the divine, the good, the beautiful, or the satisfaction of desire. Throughout his study, Pryor argues that Yeats and Pound reconceive the quest for paradise as a quest for a new kind of poetry, a journey that Pryor traces by analysing unpublished manuscript drafts and newly published drafts that have received little attention. For Yeats and Pound, the journey towards a paradisal poetic becomes a never-ending quest, at once self-defeating and self-fulfilling - a formulation that has implications not only for the work of these two poets but for the study of modernist literature.

Elisabeth Tonnard

Elisabeth Tonnard
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Publisher : J & L Books
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 0989531104
ISBN-13 : 9780989531108
Rating : 4/5 (04 Downloads)

Synopsis Elisabeth Tonnard by :

Elisabeth Tonnard's In This Dark Wood is a study of urban alienation in America. In a haunting, modern-gothic style, it pairs images of people walking alone in nighttime city streets with 90 different English translations, collected by Tonnard, of the famous first lines of Dante's Inferno: "Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita / mi ritrovai per una selva oscura / ché la diritta via era smarrita." ("In the middle of the journey of our life / I found myself in a dark wood / for the straight way was lost"). The images were selected from the Joseph Selle collection at the Visual Studies Workshop in Rochester, New York, which contains over a million negatives from a company of street photographers who worked in San Francisco from the 1940s to the 70s. This edition is a reprint of a work originally self-published in 2008.

The Calvinist Temper in English Poetry

The Calvinist Temper in English Poetry
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Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Total Pages : 512
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ISBN-10 : 9783110808728
ISBN-13 : 3110808722
Rating : 4/5 (28 Downloads)

Synopsis The Calvinist Temper in English Poetry by : James D. Boulger

Paradise Lost in Plain and Simple English (A Modern Translation and the Original Version)

Paradise Lost in Plain and Simple English (A Modern Translation and the Original Version)
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Publisher : BookCaps Study Guides
Total Pages : 1596
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ISBN-10 : 9781621072126
ISBN-13 : 1621072126
Rating : 4/5 (26 Downloads)

Synopsis Paradise Lost in Plain and Simple English (A Modern Translation and the Original Version) by : BookCaps

John Milton put a twist on the story of Adam and Eve--in the process he created what some have called one of the greatest literary works in the English Language. It has inspired music, art, film, and even video games. But it's hundreds of years old and reading it today sometimes is a little tough. BookCaps is here to help! BookCaps puts a fresh spin on Milton’s classic by using language modern readers won't struggle to make sense of. The original English text is also presented in the book, along with a comparable version of both text. We all need refreshers every now and then. Whether you are a student trying to cram for that big final, or someone just trying to understand a book more, BookCapsTM can help. We are a small, but growing company, and are adding titles every month.

World Literature: A Non-British Approach

World Literature: A Non-British Approach
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Publisher : Krishna Kumar Sharma
Total Pages : 232
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Synopsis World Literature: A Non-British Approach by : Krishna Sharma

This book has been designed to help the students who prepare for competitive exams like UGC NET, SET/SLET, PGT, Assistant Professor Exams, etc. Every important writer across the world has been covered in this book. The Caribbean, African, Canadian, Australian, German, French, Russian, Italian, Greek, Roman, New Zealandia, and several other writers have been given in the book.

Reading Dante

Reading Dante
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Publisher : Yale University Press
Total Pages : 313
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ISBN-10 : 9780300191356
ISBN-13 : 0300191359
Rating : 4/5 (56 Downloads)

Synopsis Reading Dante by : Giuseppe Mazzotta

divdivA towering figure in world literature, Dante wrote his great epic poem Commedia in the early fourteenth century. The work gained universal acclaim and came to be known as La Divina Commedia, or The Divine Comedy. Giuseppe Mazzotta brings Dante and his masterpiece to life in this exploration of the man, his cultural milieu, and his endlessly fascinating works.div /DIVdivBased on Mazzotta’s highly popular Yale course, this book offers a critical reading of The Divine Comedy and selected other works by Dante. Through an analysis of Dante’s autobiographical Vita nuova, Mazzotta establishes the poetic and political circumstances of The Divine Comedy. He situates the three sections of the poem—Inferno, Purgatory, Paradise—within the intellectual and social context of the late Middle Ages, and he explores the political, philosophical, and theological topics with which Dante was particularly concerned./DIV/DIV/DIV

Architecture in Fictional Literature: Essays on Selected Works

Architecture in Fictional Literature: Essays on Selected Works
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Publisher : Bentham Science Publishers
Total Pages : 291
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ISBN-10 : 9789815036015
ISBN-13 : 9815036017
Rating : 4/5 (15 Downloads)

Synopsis Architecture in Fictional Literature: Essays on Selected Works by : Nevnihal Erdoğan

The art of architecture is an important aesthetic element that can leave a lasting impression in one's mind about the values of a society. Today's architectural art, education, and culture have gradually turned into engineering practices and more technical pursuits. Architecture in Fictional Literature is a book written with the aim of understanding the concept of living spaces as portrayed in works of fiction and to open the doors to a new perspective for readers on the art of architecture. It is a collection of essays written by educators and literary critics about how architecture is presented in 28 selected literary works of fiction. These selected works, which include well-known works such as Hugo’s Hunchback of Notre Dame, Kafka’s The Castle, Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels, Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland, Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, among many others, collectively attempt to illustrate facets of human life in a lucidly expressive way while also having an architectural background added in the narrative. Each essay is unique and brings a diverse range of perspectives on the main theme, while also touching on some niche topics in this area, (such as spatial analysis, urban transformation and time-period settings), all of which have exploratory potential. With this collection, the contributors aspire to initiate the transformation of architectural education by including a blend of literary criticism. By building a foundation of architectural aesthetics, they hope to bridge the gap between the artist and the architect, while also inspiring a new generation of urban planners, landscape artists, and interior designers to consider past works when designing living spaces. Architecture in Fictional Literature is also essential to any enthusiast of fictional works who wants to understand the fictional portrayal of living spaces and architecture in literature.