Orientalism, modernism, and the american poem
Auteur :
Kern, Robert
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9780521105552
Date de publication :
19 mars 2009
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 1,9 cm
Poids :
500 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This is a critical and historical interpretation of 'Oriental' influences on American modernist poetry. Kern equates Fenollosa and Pound's 'discovery' of Chinese writing with the American pursuit of a natural language for poetry, what Emerson had termed the 'language of nature'.