Clearing the Tangled Wood: Poetry as a Way of Seeing the World (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781933146607)

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 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. Irish Research Series, No.56

Author: James Lawless
ISBN-10: 1933146605
ISBN-13: 9781933146607
Publisher: Academica Press
Language: English
Published: 04/15/2009
Pages: 176
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.00w x 0.70d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 08/01/2009 pg. 264