by JohnWilkinson (Author)
In this important new intervention, leading poet and critic John Wilkinson explores the material life of the lyric poem. How does the lyric - considered as an object, as an event - grapple with permanence and impermanence, the rhythms of change and the passing of time? Drawing on new insights from contemporary philosophy and object oriented ontology, psychoanalysis and the visual arts, The Lyric in Its Times includes innovative and insightful new readings of work by a wide range of lyric poets, from Shakespeare, Blake and Shelley to Charles Baudelaire, Frank O'Hara and J.H. Prynne.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 296
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Published: 27 Jun 2019
ISBN 10: 1350093912
ISBN 13: 9781350093911
Book Overview: Leading poet and critic John Wilkinson explores the material life of lyric verse in a wide range of poets from Shakespeare, Blake and Shelley to Frank O'Hara and J.H. Prynne.