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Sense and Sensibility in Modern Poetry

Name: Sense and Sensibility in Modern Poetry
Author: William van O'Connor
ISBN: 9780877521570

by William van O'Connor

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Synopsis

Introduction: The Dissociation Of Sensibility -- The Employment Of Myths -- The Break With Verism -- The Compromise With Prose -- The Influence Of The Symbolists -- The Influence Of The Metaphysicals -- The Influence Of The Pre-modern Americans -- The Imagistic Symbol -- The Quality Of Irony -- Tension And The Structure Of Poetry -- The Isolation Of The Poet -- Forms Of Epigonism -- Tradition And Regionalism -- Forms Of Dehumanization -- Forms Of Obscurity -- The Political Emphasis. Reprint Of The Ed. Published By University Of Chicago Press. Originally Presented As The Author's Thesis, Columbia University. Bibliography: P. 265-270.