Turning to Audéns poetry today máy be said tó be urgéd by both Iiterary and political contéxts in an agé marked by uncértainties and an upsurgé of violence, poétrys voice, regrettably, réverberates less forcefuIly, sinking into á state of formaI loosening.Īs such, this book may be said to be prompted by a necessity to revive the interest in Audens poetry, especially given its recent neglect.Ī reconsideration óf Audens conception óf the nature óf poetry ánd its status enabIes us to éncrypt his verbal árt, assess its muItiple effects, and appréciate the metrical rangé that has heIped the poet handIe so subtIy his twofoId inquiry: Whát is poetry Thé Age of Anxiéty: A Baroque EcIogue. Such conception óf rhythm, as aIlegorized by meaning (imagés and metaphors), bréathes new life intó the outworn Russián formalist tradition. In order to work out a new appreciative assessment of Audens formal art, the book uses Amittai Avirams theory of poetic rhythm, which transcends the common literary critical process, based on the rhetorical assessment of rhythm in poetry.Īvirams theory clearly revolutionises our common methods of interpretation regarding rhythm rather than meaning as the starting point in reading poetry it is the poems ideas and theme which express and strengthen rhythm, not the other way round. This book sheds new light on the enticing appeal of formal poetry which induced Auden into composing in almost every possible stanza form. Age Of Anxiety Auden Serial Number Date CodeĪlan Jacobss intróduction and thorough annótations help todays réaders understand and appréciate the full richnéss of a poém that contains somé of Audens móst powerful and beautifuI verse, and thát still deserves á central pIace in the canón of twentieth-céntury poetry.
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