--A thousand graceful subtleties
Subtitle: rhetoric in the poetry of Robinson Jeffers
By: Terry Beers.
Series: Studies in modern poetry ;; v. 3
Publisher: P. Lang; Lang AG International Academic Publishers, Peter
Published: 1995
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 113
Subjects: Jeffers, Robinson, 1887-1962 -- Technique.; English language -- United States -- Rhetoric.; Poetics -- History -- 20th century.
Description: Robinson Jeffers's poetry has always taught that men and women "shine" through their endurance, through their acts of courage, and through their appreciation for the transcendent beauty of the natural world. This study uses Aristotle's descriptions of ethos, logos, and pathos to launch an inquiry into the rhetorical means by which Jeffers teaches these lessons, and finally argues that Jeffers's literary and rhetorical artistry made him into a twentieth-century American epic poet.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [103]-110) and index.