Clearing The Tangled Wood: Poetry as a Way of Seeing the World (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781507778418)

This acclaimed 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 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.

Author: James Lawless
ISBN-10: 1507778414
ISBN-13: 9781507778418
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 12/29/2014
Pages: 280
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.62lbs
Size: 7.99h x 5.00w x 0.59d