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Many gods and many voices : the role of the prophet in English and American modernism, Louis L. Martz
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- Summary
- "In Many Gods and Many Voices distinguished scholar Louis L. Martz addresses works by Ezra Pound, T. S. Eliot, William Carlos Williams, H. D., and D. H. Lawrence, with brief treatment of the relation of Pound's Cantos to Joyce's Ulysses. In a graceful, lucid style, Martz argues that a prophetic tradition is represented in the Cantos, The Waste Land, Paterson, and H. D.'s Trilogy and Helen in Egypt, along with Lawrence's Plumed Serpent and the second version of Lady Chatterley's Lover. Pound's often- cited view that an epic is a poem that "includes history" does not define epic alone, for the books of biblical prophecy also contain history: the history of Israel's misdeeds and continuous redemption. On the other hand, Martz suggests that the term prophecy should not be limited to works that foretell the future, arguing that the biblical prophet is concerned primarily with the present. The prophet is a reformer, a denouncer of evil, as well as a seer of possible redemption. He hears "voices" and transmits the message of those voices to his people, in the hope of moving them away from wickedness and toward the ways of truth. According to Martz, such was the mission that inspired Walt Whitman and that Whitman passed on to Pound, Eliot, Williams, and Lawrence. (H. D. found her own sources of inspiration in Greek and Egyptian lore.) Martz's premise is that biblical prophecy, with its mingling of poetry and prose, its abrupt shifts from violent denunciation to exalted poetry, provides a precedent for the texture of these modernist works that will help readers to appreciate the mingling of "voices" and the complex mixture of elements. Examining their interrelationships and their common themes, Many Gods and Many Voices offers fresh insights into these modern writers."--Publishers website
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xi, 233 pages
- Isbn
- 9780826211484
- Label
- Many gods and many voices : the role of the prophet in English and American modernism
- Title
- Many gods and many voices
- Title remainder
- the role of the prophet in English and American modernism
- Statement of responsibility
- Louis L. Martz
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "In Many Gods and Many Voices distinguished scholar Louis L. Martz addresses works by Ezra Pound, T. S. Eliot, William Carlos Williams, H. D., and D. H. Lawrence, with brief treatment of the relation of Pound's Cantos to Joyce's Ulysses. In a graceful, lucid style, Martz argues that a prophetic tradition is represented in the Cantos, The Waste Land, Paterson, and H. D.'s Trilogy and Helen in Egypt, along with Lawrence's Plumed Serpent and the second version of Lady Chatterley's Lover. Pound's often- cited view that an epic is a poem that "includes history" does not define epic alone, for the books of biblical prophecy also contain history: the history of Israel's misdeeds and continuous redemption. On the other hand, Martz suggests that the term prophecy should not be limited to works that foretell the future, arguing that the biblical prophet is concerned primarily with the present. The prophet is a reformer, a denouncer of evil, as well as a seer of possible redemption. He hears "voices" and transmits the message of those voices to his people, in the hope of moving them away from wickedness and toward the ways of truth. According to Martz, such was the mission that inspired Walt Whitman and that Whitman passed on to Pound, Eliot, Williams, and Lawrence. (H. D. found her own sources of inspiration in Greek and Egyptian lore.) Martz's premise is that biblical prophecy, with its mingling of poetry and prose, its abrupt shifts from violent denunciation to exalted poetry, provides a precedent for the texture of these modernist works that will help readers to appreciate the mingling of "voices" and the complex mixture of elements. Examining their interrelationships and their common themes, Many Gods and Many Voices offers fresh insights into these modern writers."--Publishers website
- Cataloging source
- DLC
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- 1913-2001
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- Martz, Louis L.
- Dewey number
- 811/.5209112
- Government publication
- government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PS310.M57
- LC item number
- M37 1998
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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- University of Missouri Press
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- Lawrence, D. H.
- American poetry
- Modernism (Literature)
- Modernism (Literature)
- Prophecies in literature
- Religion and literature
- Prophets in literature
- Gods in literature
- Label
- Many gods and many voices : the role of the prophet in English and American modernism, Louis L. Martz
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-223) and index
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- txt
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- rdacontent
- Control code
- 37608310
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xi, 233 pages
- Isbn
- 9780826211484
- Isbn Type
- (alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 97040320
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- unmediated
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- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Label
- Many gods and many voices : the role of the prophet in English and American modernism, Louis L. Martz
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-223) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 37608310
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xi, 233 pages
- Isbn
- 9780826211484
- Isbn Type
- (alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 97040320
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
Subject
- Gods in literature
- Lawrence, D. H., (David Herbert), 1885-1930 -- Characters | Prophets
- Modernism (Literature) -- Great Britain
- Modernism (Literature) -- United States
- American poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism
- Prophets in literature
- Religion and literature
- Prophecies in literature
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