Title: About poems and how poems are not about /
Authors: Stevenson, Anne, 1933 January 3-; Newcastle Centre for the Literary Arts,
Year: 2017
Subjects: Poetry, Modern History and criticism; American poetry History and criticism; English poetry History and criticism; American poetry; English poetry; Poetry
Abstract: Seven lectures by leading UK/US poet tracing the theories, fashions, and beliefs of modern poets in American and Britain since the 1930s. Giving special attention to the voices of T.S. Eliot, Ezra Pound, Robert Frost, Elizabeth Bishop, and Wallace Stevens, she argues that populist movements in the US rose up against a university based establishment after World War II, introducing barbarian energy into the art while at the same time destroying its solid base in traditional rhythm and form.
Contents: How poems arrive -- Poems for the voice and ear -- The anthology as manifesto 1960-1980? -- What is poetry? -- How to read poetry -- Affinities: Robert Frost and Elizabeth Bishop -- Epiphanies among the poems of Wallace Stevens -- Sylvia Plath: the illusion of a Greek necessity.