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Sto caricando le informazioni... Keats's Odes: A Lover's Discoursedi Anahid Nersessian
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“When I say this book is a love story, I mean it is about things that cannot be gotten over—like this world, and some of the people in it.” In 1819, the poet John Keats wrote six poems that would become known as the Great Odes. Some of them—“Ode to a Nightingale,” “To Autumn”—are among the most celebrated poems in the English language. Anahid Nersessian here collects and elucidates each of the odes and offers a meditative, personal essay in response to each, revealing why these poems still have so much to say to us, especially in a time of ongoing political crisis. Her Keats is an unflinching antagonist of modern life—of capitalism, of the British Empire, of the destruction of the planet—as well as a passionate idealist for whom every poem is a love poem. The book emerges from Nersessian’s lifelong attachment to Keats’s poetry; but more, it “is a love story: between me and Keats, and not just Keats.” Drawing on experiences from her own life, Nersessian celebrates Keats even as she grieves him and counts her own losses—and Nersessian, like Keats, has a passionate awareness of the reality of human suffering, but also a willingness to explore the possibility that the world, at least, could still be saved. Intimate and speculative, this brilliant mix of the poetic and the personal will find its home among the numerous fans of Keats’s enduring work. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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 Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni...GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)821.7Literature English & Old English literatures English poetry 1800-1837, romantic periodClassificazione LCVotoMedia: (4.33)
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While I had read these before, a few of them multiple times, my emphasis as both a student and faculty was primarily prose, so working through them here was a delight for me. I don't think previous readings included much of what Nersessian brings to these readings so I was intrigued to read them again from a different perspective (though admittedly I don't recall much about my previous impressions).
What truly brought these to life and made them (both the odes and the essays) impactful was the manner in which the analysis/engagement brought Keats into the present day as well as into Nersessian's personal life. The open-heartedness with which they are understood and presented allows us to acknowledge problematic aspects while still admitting an attachment (a love) that we might not have been able to do before.
I don't know what interpretations hold sway currently so I can't speak to how these essays compare to other scholarship, but I do know that even a lot of the historical/biographical background is new to me and absolutely helped to support the readings.
While a familiarity with Keats will certainly be a positive for any reader I would stop short of saying that one needs to be intimately familiar with these odes. They are included for us to read and refer to while reading the essays and the essays themselves are wonderfully written and very accessible if one wants to make a small effort. Definitely recommend for those who study or write poetry as well as those like myself who simply enjoy reading and thinking about poetry. This one will get several more readings from me.
Reviewed from a copy made available by the publisher via NetGalley. (