Reading Modernist Poetry Michael H Whitworthauth by Michael H. Whitworth(auth.) 9781405167314, 9781444320756, 1405167319, 1444320750 instant download after payment.

• Provides close examinations of key poems by T. S. Eliot, Ezra Pound, W. B. Yeats, and others
• Considers key techniques employed to orient and disorient the reader, such as diction, rhythm, and allusion
• Explores the ideological implications of subject matter and the literary forms and structures of modernist poetry
• Places modernist poetry in relation to its Victorian and Romantic predecessors
• Encourages readers to engage with the texts and make their own interpretations, moving away from the question of what the poem says in favour of considering the effect of the poem on its reader

Content:
Chapter 1 Introduction (pages 1–15):
Chapter 2 Reflexivity (pages 17–31):
Chapter 3 Landscapes, Locations, and Texts (pages 32–43):
Chapter 4 Explorations of Consciousness (pages 44–56):
Chapter 5 Interpreting Obscurities, Negotiating Negatives (pages 57–70):
Chapter 6 The Sound of the Poem (pages 71–82):
Chapter 7 Allusion and Quotation (pages 83–96):
Chapter 8 The Language of Modernist Poetry: Diction and Dialogue (pages 97–107):
Chapter 9 Literal and Metaphorical Language (pages 108–117):
Chapter 10 Mythology, Mythography, and Mythopoesis (pages 118–129):
Chapter 11 Who is Speaking? (pages 130–140):
Chapter 12 Form (pages 141–154):
Chapter 13 Subjects and Objects in Modernist Lyric (pages 155–166):
Chapter 14 Temporality and Modernist Lyric (pages 167–176):
Chapter 15 The Dramatic Monologue (pages 177–190):
Chapter 16 Modernism, Epic, and the Long Poem (pages 191–202):
Chapter 17 Modernist Endings (pages 203–211):
Chapter 18 Value and Evaluation (pages 212–221):