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Dying Modern
A Meditation on Elegy
Taschenbuch von Diana Fuss
Sprache: Englisch

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In Dying Modern, one of our foremost literary critics inspires new ways to read, write, and talk about poetry. Diana Fuss does so by identifying three distinct but largely unrecognized voices within the well-studied genre of the elegy: the dying voice, the reviving voice, and the surviving voice. Through her deft readings of modern poetry, Fuss unveils the dramatic within the elegiac: the dying diva who relishes a great deathbed scene, the speaking corpse who fancies a good haunting, and the departing lover who delights in a dramatic exit.
Focusing primarily on American and British poetry written during the past two centuries, Fuss maintains that poetry can still offer genuine ethical compensation, even for the deep wounds and shocking banalities of modern death. As dying, loss, and grief become ever more thoroughly obscured from public view, the dead start chattering away in verse. Through bold, original interpretations of little-known works, as well as canonical poems by writers such as Emily Dickinson, Randall Jarrell, Elizabeth Bishop, Richard Wright, and Sylvia Plath, Fuss explores modern poetry's fascination with pre- and postmortem speech, pondering the literary desire to make death speak in the face of its cultural silencing.
In Dying Modern, one of our foremost literary critics inspires new ways to read, write, and talk about poetry. Diana Fuss does so by identifying three distinct but largely unrecognized voices within the well-studied genre of the elegy: the dying voice, the reviving voice, and the surviving voice. Through her deft readings of modern poetry, Fuss unveils the dramatic within the elegiac: the dying diva who relishes a great deathbed scene, the speaking corpse who fancies a good haunting, and the departing lover who delights in a dramatic exit.
Focusing primarily on American and British poetry written during the past two centuries, Fuss maintains that poetry can still offer genuine ethical compensation, even for the deep wounds and shocking banalities of modern death. As dying, loss, and grief become ever more thoroughly obscured from public view, the dead start chattering away in verse. Through bold, original interpretations of little-known works, as well as canonical poems by writers such as Emily Dickinson, Randall Jarrell, Elizabeth Bishop, Richard Wright, and Sylvia Plath, Fuss explores modern poetry's fascination with pre- and postmortem speech, pondering the literary desire to make death speak in the face of its cultural silencing.
Über den Autor
Diana Fuss
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Acknowledgments ix

Introduction 1

1. Dying . . . Words 9

poetry 10

consolation 12

defiance 20

banality 24

newness 31

lastness 35

2. Reviving . . . Corpses 44

comic 46

religious 50

political 57

historical 61

literary 67

poetic 73

3. Surviving . . . Lovers 78

loving 82

waiting 86

leaving 90

refusing 95

existing 98

surviving 102

Conclusion 107

Notes 113

Bibliography 131

Index 141

Copyright Acknowledgments 149
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
Genre: Lyrik & Dramatik
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780822353898
ISBN-10: 082235389X
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Fuss, Diana
Hersteller: Duke University Press
Maße: 210 x 140 x 10 mm
Von/Mit: Diana Fuss
Erscheinungsdatum: 12.04.2013
Gewicht: 0,207 kg
Artikel-ID: 107559252
Über den Autor
Diana Fuss
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Acknowledgments ix

Introduction 1

1. Dying . . . Words 9

poetry 10

consolation 12

defiance 20

banality 24

newness 31

lastness 35

2. Reviving . . . Corpses 44

comic 46

religious 50

political 57

historical 61

literary 67

poetic 73

3. Surviving . . . Lovers 78

loving 82

waiting 86

leaving 90

refusing 95

existing 98

surviving 102

Conclusion 107

Notes 113

Bibliography 131

Index 141

Copyright Acknowledgments 149
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
Genre: Lyrik & Dramatik
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780822353898
ISBN-10: 082235389X
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Fuss, Diana
Hersteller: Duke University Press
Maße: 210 x 140 x 10 mm
Von/Mit: Diana Fuss
Erscheinungsdatum: 12.04.2013
Gewicht: 0,207 kg
Artikel-ID: 107559252
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