The Resource Nuclear annihilation and contemporary American poetry : ways of nothingness, John Gery
Nuclear annihilation and contemporary American poetry : ways of nothingness, John Gery
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- Summary
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- The eve of the second millennium falls fifty years after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Looking across the spectrum of American poetry since 1945, John Gery explores the role that poets have begun to play in the nuclear age. While their diverse voices join in protesting against the end of the world, poetry also embodies what Gery calls "the way of nothingness" in contemporary experience, an individual sense of human continuity paradoxically coupled with a global sense of impending annihilation
- The first full-length study of nuclear theory and American poetry, this book examines four distinct poetic approaches to nuclear culture - protest poetry, apocalyptic lyric poetry, psycho-historical poetry, and the poetry of uncertainty. Each is developed through a discussion of representative poems from a range of poets, including an extended study of works by Denise Levertov, Richard Wilbur, James Merrill, and John Ashbery. As a chorus of voices, Gery contends, these poets articulate both resistance to annihilation and an acceptance of the nuclear present
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xi, 235 pages
- Contents
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- Introduction: The Way of Nothingness
- 1. Poetry and Annihilation. The Crisis for Poetry in the Nuclear Age. Contrary Ways of Nothingness in Two Poems by Gertrude Stein and William Carlos Williams
- 2. Nuclear Protest Poetry. "All We/got/to Do is Keep/on/poeting": Nuclearism and Protest. "Steel of Utterance": Denise Levertov's Vision of the Nuclear Age
- 3. The Apocalyptic Lyric. "Talking of the Danger": Nuclearism and Metaphor. The Sensible Emptiness in Three Poems by Richard Wilbur
- 4. Psychohistorical Poetry in the Nuclear Age. Atomic Pasts and Nuclear Futures: Nuclearism and Cultural History. The Ambiguous Paradise in James Merrill's The Changing Light at Sandover
- 5. The Poetry of Destinerrance. "For an Untenable Situation": Nuclearism and Randomness. En Route to Annihilation: John Ashbery's Shadow Train
- Isbn
- 9780813014173
- Label
- Nuclear annihilation and contemporary American poetry : ways of nothingness
- Title
- Nuclear annihilation and contemporary American poetry
- Title remainder
- ways of nothingness
- Statement of responsibility
- John Gery
- Subject
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- Apocalyptic literature -- History and criticism
- Atomic bomb in literature
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- End of the world in literature
- History
- American poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism
- Nothing (Philosophy) in literature
- Nuclear warfare in literature
- Literature and history -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Language
- eng
- Summary
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- The eve of the second millennium falls fifty years after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Looking across the spectrum of American poetry since 1945, John Gery explores the role that poets have begun to play in the nuclear age. While their diverse voices join in protesting against the end of the world, poetry also embodies what Gery calls "the way of nothingness" in contemporary experience, an individual sense of human continuity paradoxically coupled with a global sense of impending annihilation
- The first full-length study of nuclear theory and American poetry, this book examines four distinct poetic approaches to nuclear culture - protest poetry, apocalyptic lyric poetry, psycho-historical poetry, and the poetry of uncertainty. Each is developed through a discussion of representative poems from a range of poets, including an extended study of works by Denise Levertov, Richard Wilbur, James Merrill, and John Ashbery. As a chorus of voices, Gery contends, these poets articulate both resistance to annihilation and an acceptance of the nuclear present
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- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Gery, John
- Dewey number
- 811/.509358
- Government publication
- government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PS310.N83
- LC item number
- G47 1996
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- American poetry
- Nuclear warfare in literature
- Literature and history
- Apocalyptic literature
- End of the world in literature
- Nothing (Philosophy) in literature
- Atomic bomb in literature
- Label
- Nuclear annihilation and contemporary American poetry : ways of nothingness, John Gery
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [208]-217) and indexes
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- Contents
- Introduction: The Way of Nothingness -- 1. Poetry and Annihilation. The Crisis for Poetry in the Nuclear Age. Contrary Ways of Nothingness in Two Poems by Gertrude Stein and William Carlos Williams -- 2. Nuclear Protest Poetry. "All We/got/to Do is Keep/on/poeting": Nuclearism and Protest. "Steel of Utterance": Denise Levertov's Vision of the Nuclear Age -- 3. The Apocalyptic Lyric. "Talking of the Danger": Nuclearism and Metaphor. The Sensible Emptiness in Three Poems by Richard Wilbur -- 4. Psychohistorical Poetry in the Nuclear Age. Atomic Pasts and Nuclear Futures: Nuclearism and Cultural History. The Ambiguous Paradise in James Merrill's The Changing Light at Sandover -- 5. The Poetry of Destinerrance. "For an Untenable Situation": Nuclearism and Randomness. En Route to Annihilation: John Ashbery's Shadow Train
- Control code
- 32551846
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xi, 235 pages
- Isbn
- 9780813014173
- Isbn Type
- (alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 95011052
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Label
- Nuclear annihilation and contemporary American poetry : ways of nothingness, John Gery
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [208]-217) and indexes
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: The Way of Nothingness -- 1. Poetry and Annihilation. The Crisis for Poetry in the Nuclear Age. Contrary Ways of Nothingness in Two Poems by Gertrude Stein and William Carlos Williams -- 2. Nuclear Protest Poetry. "All We/got/to Do is Keep/on/poeting": Nuclearism and Protest. "Steel of Utterance": Denise Levertov's Vision of the Nuclear Age -- 3. The Apocalyptic Lyric. "Talking of the Danger": Nuclearism and Metaphor. The Sensible Emptiness in Three Poems by Richard Wilbur -- 4. Psychohistorical Poetry in the Nuclear Age. Atomic Pasts and Nuclear Futures: Nuclearism and Cultural History. The Ambiguous Paradise in James Merrill's The Changing Light at Sandover -- 5. The Poetry of Destinerrance. "For an Untenable Situation": Nuclearism and Randomness. En Route to Annihilation: John Ashbery's Shadow Train
- Control code
- 32551846
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xi, 235 pages
- Isbn
- 9780813014173
- Isbn Type
- (alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 95011052
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
Subject
- Apocalyptic literature -- History and criticism
- Atomic bomb in literature
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- End of the world in literature
- History
- American poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism
- Nothing (Philosophy) in literature
- Nuclear warfare in literature
- Literature and history -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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