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Sto caricando le informazioni... Break, Blow, Burn: Camille Paglia Reads Forty-three of the World's Best Poemsdi Camille Paglia
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 Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro.   ) betty_s | Sep 13, 2023 |   ) mykl-s | Apr 16, 2023 | Paglia's close readings of these 43 poems constitutes a master class in reading, understanding, and appreciating poetry, while remaining highly accessible. She never talks down to the reader, but she also (almost) never leaves her stranded, illustrating her references to other poets or movements with excerpts to illuminate them. The exception is her frequent references to "Petrarchan" poetry, which could have used an example or two more to help those of us who have not benefitted from an extensive classical education. However, I did find it helpful to read with a browser open next to me so I could look up poems like "Ode to a Grecian Urn" and read the whole text so I could better appreciate her comments. She covers everything: word choice, meter, form, context within poetry as a whole, classical references, and the historical/cultural context of the poet -- and she does so in vivid, passionate, erudite fashion that can be easily understood by a reaonably bright lay person. While it would be possible to read the chapters at random, Paglia reviews the poems in chronological order, and references the earlier works in later chapters: a good teacher building on her course material. This might not be a problem for someone who already already has a sophisticated understanding of these works, but the less-experienced reader will want to start at the beginning. My favorite sections were her readings of "The Second Coming" and "Leda and the Swan" -- both of which I had read several times and felt I understood, but which she opened up and made far more deep and interesting. Recommended for anyone who wants to know "what the fuss is" about poetry, those who have read some poetry but feel like they could have a deeper appreciation, college-bound high school students (to develop a more extensive background and to get an exhilerating introduction to what the study of literature can be like), any students of poetry or literature, or anyone who appreciates watching a brilliant mind at work/play with a much loved subject. ( ) jsabrina | Jul 13, 2021 | This was an ideal "car book," one I keep in the car and read in 15-minute episodes as I'm waiting for an appointment, or eating a meal [b:on the road|6288|The Road|Cormac McCarthy|http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/21E8H3D1JSL._SL75_.jpg|3355573]. It is a great way to bring poetry in, or back in, to your life, and to leaven a diet of more utilitarian or narrative reading. ( ) oatleyr | Aug 22, 2020 | ) emilyingreen | May 28, 2014 |
 In view of her wide knowledge, her expressive gifts, her crackling personality and the inherent credibility problems posed by looking too much at her ease on top of a pair of Jimmy Choos, it is remarkable how good Paglia can be at not putting herself first. From this book you could doubt several aspects of her taste in poetry. But you couldn't doubt her love of it... One of her best attributes is well brought out: her refusal to modernize the past. Her thorough background in cultural history -- the Italians, who should be proud of her parentage, would call her preparatissima -- is always in play. Her entertaining wealth of up-to-date pop-culture allusion is merely the top dressing, and she is usually careful not to strain after a faddish point. In her exemplary analysis of Shelley's "Ozymandias," for example, she could easily have referred to the last scene of "Planet of the Apes," when Charlton Heston looks up at the Statue of Liberty's head just as Shelley's "traveler from an antique land" looked up at the truncated legs of stone. I was rather expecting her to. Perhaps she has realized, however, that the pace of forgetfulness is always accelerating, and that we have moved from an era of people who have never heard of Shelley to an era of people who have never heard of Charlton Heston. Menzioni
America's premier intellectual provocateur explores and celebrates a series of great poems of the Western tradition, including some surprising discoveries of her own. She brings new energy and insight to our understanding of poems we already know, such as masterpieces by Shakespeare, Donne, Shelley, Dickinson, Lowell, and Plath. She leads us to appreciate the artistry of writers with whom we may not be familiar, such as Chuck Wachtel and Wanda Coleman. And she hails the songwriter Joni Mitchell as a major contemporary poet. Daring, erudite, entertaining, and infused throughout with Paglia's inimitable style and passion, this book--and the dazzling mind behind it--will entice readers to begin or renew a passionate engagement with poetry. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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 Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni...GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)821.009Literature English & Old English literatures English poetry English poetry {by more than one author} Modified standard subdivisions History, description, critical appraisal of English poetry not limited by time period or kind of formClassificazione LCVotoMedia: (3.78)
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