CLEARING THE TANGLED WOOD by James Lawless, Declan Kiberd (Foreword) ( 9781933146607 )

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Title:

CLEARING THE TANGLED WOOD
POETRY AS A WAY OF SEEING THE WORLD

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ISBN 10:

1933146605

ISBN 13:

9781933146607

Publisher:

ACADEMICA PRESS

Pub. date:

2 April, 2009

Series:

Irish Research Series No. 56

Pages:

176

Description:

A study of poetry as an alternative way of seeing the world and of obtaining insights into realities that enables the reader to see the otherness that usually eludes. It describes the influences of other disciplines on the heightening of consciousness and elucidates methodologies of observation that have been employed over years.

Synopsis:

This monograph is a study of poetry as an alternative way of seeing the world and of obtaining insights into realities that enable the reader to see the vast otherness that usually eludes. The process of creativity is discussed. The influences of other disciplines on the heightening of consciousness are described as well as methodologies of observation that have been employed in the last 100 years are elucidated. Attention is paid to the specific contribution of modern Irish poetry especially in the role of the poet in society. Works of three non English poets (Salinas, Lorca and Pasternak) are appraised in some detail and the role of these three poets in their societies is discussed with a view to the vindication of poetic insight and illumination against societal forces that would destroy the poet and his poetry. The final section of the work deals with poetry as an art form uniquely able to interpret a fragmented and arid post modern world.

Illustrations:

index, bibliography

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Imprint:

Academica Press

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Returnable

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