The Later Affluence of W. B. Yeats and Wallace Stevens

1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-349-33384-4
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan

Buch, Englisch, 247 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 406 g

Surveying the later work of W.B. Yeats and Wallace Stevens, Edward Clarke unfolds their very last poems and considers the two poets' relations with western literature and tradition. This book shows how these two latecomers transform the ways in which we read earlier poets.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Clarke, E.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements Note on Texts Table of Abbreviations Prologue: 'Of the planet of which they were part' Yeats from The Tower to the Last Poems Stevens from Transport to Summer to the Last Poems 'Cuchulain Comforted' 'Not Ideas about the Thing but the Thing Itself' The Very Last Poems Epilogue: Songs of Sixpence Notes Bibliography Index

Über Autor(innen)

EDWARD CLARKE tutors visiting students in English literature at St Catherine's College, Oxford University, UK. He has published work in the , and contributed to (2006) and (2006).