The Resource Poets thinking : Pope, Whitman, Dickinson, Yeats, Helen Vendler
Poets thinking : Pope, Whitman, Dickinson, Yeats, Helen Vendler
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- Summary
- "Poetry has often been considered an irrational genre, more expressive than logical, more meditative than given to coherent argument. And yet, in each of the four different poets she considers here, Helen Vendler reveals a style of thinking in operation; although they may prefer different means, she argues, all poets of any value are thinkers." "The four poets taken up in this volume - Alexander Pope, Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, and William Butler Yeats - come from three centuries and three nations, and their styles of thinking are characteristically idiosyncratic. Vendler shows us Pope performing as a satiric miniaturizer, remaking in verse the form of the essay, Whitman writing as a poet of repetitive insistence for whom thinking must be followed by rethinking, Dickinson experimenting with plot to characterize life's unfolding, and Yeats thinking in images, using montage in lieu of argument." "Vendler traces through these poets' lines to find evidence of thought in lyric, the silent stylistic measures representing changes of mind, the condensed power of poetic thinking. Her work argues against the reduction of poetry to its (frequently well-worn) themes and demonstrates, instead, that there is always in admirable poetry a strenuous process of thinking, evident in an evolving style - however ancient the theme - that is powerful and original."--Jacket
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- viii, 142 pages
- Contents
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- Alexander Pope thinking : miniaturizing, modeling, and mocking ideas
- Walt Whitman thinking : transcription, reprise, and temptations resisted
- Emily Dickinson thinking : rearranging seriality
- W.B. Yeats thinking : thinking in images, thinking in assertions
- Isbn
- 9780674015678
- Label
- Poets thinking : Pope, Whitman, Dickinson, Yeats
- Title
- Poets thinking
- Title remainder
- Pope, Whitman, Dickinson, Yeats
- Statement of responsibility
- Helen Vendler
- Subject
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- Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886 -- Criticism and interpretation
- English poetry -- History and criticism
- English-speaking countries -- Intellectual life
- American poetry -- 19th century -- History and criticism
- Thought and thinking
- Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Yeats, W. B., (William Butler), 1865-1939 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Poetry has often been considered an irrational genre, more expressive than logical, more meditative than given to coherent argument. And yet, in each of the four different poets she considers here, Helen Vendler reveals a style of thinking in operation; although they may prefer different means, she argues, all poets of any value are thinkers." "The four poets taken up in this volume - Alexander Pope, Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, and William Butler Yeats - come from three centuries and three nations, and their styles of thinking are characteristically idiosyncratic. Vendler shows us Pope performing as a satiric miniaturizer, remaking in verse the form of the essay, Whitman writing as a poet of repetitive insistence for whom thinking must be followed by rethinking, Dickinson experimenting with plot to characterize life's unfolding, and Yeats thinking in images, using montage in lieu of argument." "Vendler traces through these poets' lines to find evidence of thought in lyric, the silent stylistic measures representing changes of mind, the condensed power of poetic thinking. Her work argues against the reduction of poetry to its (frequently well-worn) themes and demonstrates, instead, that there is always in admirable poetry a strenuous process of thinking, evident in an evolving style - however ancient the theme - that is powerful and original."--Jacket
- Additional physical form
- Also issued online.
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1933-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Vendler, Helen
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PR502
- LC item number
- .V465 2004
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- English poetry
- Yeats, W. B.
- Dickinson, Emily
- Pope, Alexander
- Whitman, Walt
- American poetry
- English-speaking countries
- Thought and thinking
- Label
- Poets thinking : Pope, Whitman, Dickinson, Yeats, Helen Vendler
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 121-137) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Alexander Pope thinking : miniaturizing, modeling, and mocking ideas
- Walt Whitman thinking : transcription, reprise, and temptations resisted
- Emily Dickinson thinking : rearranging seriality
- W.B. Yeats thinking : thinking in images, thinking in assertions
- Control code
- ocm55109115
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Extent
- viii, 142 pages
- Isbn
- 9780674015678
- Lccn
- 2004047338
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other control number
- 9780674015678
- System control number
- (OCoLC)55109115
- Label
- Poets thinking : Pope, Whitman, Dickinson, Yeats, Helen Vendler
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 121-137) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Alexander Pope thinking : miniaturizing, modeling, and mocking ideas
- Walt Whitman thinking : transcription, reprise, and temptations resisted
- Emily Dickinson thinking : rearranging seriality
- W.B. Yeats thinking : thinking in images, thinking in assertions
- Control code
- ocm55109115
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Extent
- viii, 142 pages
- Isbn
- 9780674015678
- Lccn
- 2004047338
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other control number
- 9780674015678
- System control number
- (OCoLC)55109115
Subject
- Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886 -- Criticism and interpretation
- English poetry -- History and criticism
- English-speaking countries -- Intellectual life
- American poetry -- 19th century -- History and criticism
- Thought and thinking
- Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Yeats, W. B., (William Butler), 1865-1939 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744 -- Criticism and interpretation
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