Clearing the Tangled Wood: Poetry as a Way of Seeing the World

ACADEMICA PRESS, LLC Advanced Book Information CLEARING THE TANGLED WOOD: Poetry as a Way of Seeing the World Author: James Lawless Credentials: award-winning Irish poet and teacher; MA ,University College ,Dublin Description: This monograph is a study of poetry as an alternative way of seeing the world and of obtaining insights into realities that enable the reader to see the vast otherness that usually eludes. The process of creativity is discussed. The influences of other disciplines on the heightening of consciousness are described as well as methodologies of observation that have been employed in the last 100 years are elucidated. Attention is paid to the specific contribution of modern Irish poetry especially in the role of the poet in society. Works of three non English poets (Salinas, Lorca and Pasternak) are appraised in some detail and the role of these three poets in their societies discussed with a view to the vindication of poetic insight and illumination against societal forces that would destroy the poet and his poetry. The final section of the work deals with poetry as an art form uniquely able to interpret a fragmented and arid post modern world. Irish Research Series, No.56 Market: Modern Poetry, Irish Poetry 19-20th c, Spanish Poetry 20th C, Lorca, Salinas, Russian Literature- Pasternak, Aesthetics, Interpretative and Creative studies Release Date: 02/2009 Copyright: 2009 ISBN/Price: Cloth: 9781933146607/ 193314660-5; $69.95 Trim Size: 6 x 9 Pages: 264 Index: Yes Bibliography: Yes Illustrations: None CIP: Yes Publisher: Academica Press, LLC Box 60728 Cambridge Station Palo Alto,CA 94306 Contact: Robert Redfern-West academicapress@gmail.com (650)329-0685 See our website for more information: www.Academicapress.com