1st Edition
The Truth of Poetry Tensions in Modern Poetry from Baudelaire to the 1960s
By Michael Hamburger
Copyright 1982
360 Pages
by
Routledge
359 Pages
by
Routledge
359 Pages
by
Routledge
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First published in 1982, The Truth of Poetry attempts to answer a seemingly simple question: What kind of truth does poetry offer in modern times? Michael Hamburger’s answer to this question ranges over the last century of European and American poetry, and the result is a phenomenology of modern poetry rather than a history of appreciations of individual poets. Stressing the tensions and... Read more
Preface 1. Puerile Utopia and Brutal Mirage 2. The Truth of Poetry 3. Lost Identities 4. Masks 5. Absolute Poetry and Absolute Politics 6. Multiple Personalities 7. Internationalism and War 8. A Period Loose at All Ends 9. A New Austerity 10. Town and Country: Phenotypes and Archetypes Postscript References Acknowledgements Index of Names
Biography
Michael Hamburger
