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New Poetic C.K. Stead

New Poetic By C.K. Stead

New Poetic by C.K. Stead

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Summary

A survey of modern English poetry from the new tradition established by Yeats in the 1890s through to an influential reading of Eliot, and including a reassessment of the Georgians and the influence of Pound.

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New Poetic: Yeats to Eliot by C.K. Stead

Reading T. S. Eliot and reading about T. S. Eliot were equally formative experiences for my generation. One of the books about him which greatly appealed to me when I first read it ...was The New Poetic by the New Zealand poet and critic, C. K. Stead...' Seamus Heaney, The Government of the Tongue (1986)

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'Reading T. S. Eliot and reading about T. S. Eliot were equally formative experiences for my generation. One of the books about him which greatly appealed to me when I first read it... was The New Poetic by the New Zealand poet and critic, C. K. Stead...' Seamus Heaney; 'A short but brilliant history... Essential to anyone interested in the development of modern poetry'. The Guardian

About C.K. Stead

C. K. Stead (1932-) was Professor of English at the University of Auckland, New Zealand and is now a renowned poet and novelist. His most recent novel is the acclaimed Mansfield.

Table of Contents

Foreword to the Revised Editio; 1. Introduction; 2. W. B. Yeats, 1895-1916; An illustration of the problems; 3. 1909-1916: Poets and their Public Sonority... like a goose; 4. 1909-1916: 'Poetry' versus 'Life' Imperialists; Georgians; War poets; 5. The Social Function of Poetry Pound and the Imagists; Eliot; 6. Eliot's 'Dark Embyro' The merger of morals and aesthetics; 7. The Poetry of T. S. Eliot Affirmation and the Image; 8. Conclusion; Index; Acknowledgements

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NLS9780826479334
9780826479334
0826479332
New Poetic: Yeats to Eliot by C.K. Stead
C.K. Stead
Continuum Impacts
New
Paperback
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
2005-03-01
192
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