Poetry and Uselessness: From Coleridge to Ashbery by Robert Archambeau Paperback

Description: Poetry and Uselessness by Robert Archambeau W.H. Auden famously claimed "poetry makes nothing happen." Through chapters on figures from Coleridge and Tennyson to Yeats, Eliot, Auden, Gertrude Stein and John Ashbery, we see how maintaining that poetry has no use in the world has been and remains a very powerful—and useful—idea. FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description W.H. Auden famously claimed "poetry makes nothing happen." That may or may not be the case, but the idea that poetry makes nothing happen has, itself, been extremely influential, and has made a great deal happen in the world. This book examines several of the main currents in literary history as that influential idea flows through poetry and into the wider world. Since the invention of the idea, it has influenced theories of education; helped legitimize the entry of the middle class into political life; spawned ideas of symbolism that are still with us; formed a bulwark protecting literary culture from the commercial world; helped create the artistic subculture of bohemia; informed queer discourse and identity; and helped create both contemporary literary taste and the institutions that support it. Through chapters on figures from Coleridge and Tennyson to Yeats, Eliot, Auden, Gertrude Stein and John Ashbery, we see how maintaining that poetry has no use in the world has been and remains a very powerful—and useful—idea. Author Biography Robert Archambeau received his MFA in creative writing and PhD in English from Notre Dame and is a poet and critic. His books of poetry include Home and Variations (Salt, 2004), The Kafka Sutra (MadHat, 2015), and other collections and collaborations. His critical books include Laureates and Heretics (Notre Dame, 2010), The Poet Resigns (Akron, 2013), Inventions of a Barbarous Age (MadHat, 2016) and several edited collections. He teaches at Lake Forest College and has received awards from the Academy of American Poets, the Illinois Arts Council, and Swedish Academy. Table of Contents 1 Aesthetic Autonomy and the Bourgeoisie: A Love Story 2 The Shadow of the Dome of Pleasure: Coleridge and Aesthetic Autonomy 3 Tennyson as Aesthete and Public Moralist 4 From the Cultured Minority to Minority Culture: The Rise of the Aesthetes 5 Awakened from the Common Dream: Yeats and Aesthetic Autonomy 6 Being Geniuses Together: Gertrude Stein in Paris 7 T.S. Eliot and the Burial of an American Elite 8 W.H. Auden: Camp and Crisis 9 Ashbery Adrift Details ISBN1032175834 Author Robert Archambeau Pages 264 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd Year 2021 ISBN-10 1032175834 ISBN-13 9781032175836 Publication Date 2021-09-30 UK Release Date 2021-09-30 Format Paperback Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom AU Release Date 2021-09-30 NZ Release Date 2021-09-30 Series Among the Victorians and Modernists Subtitle From Coleridge to Ashbery Alternative 9780367207366 DEWEY 821.809112 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education Imprint Routledge We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:135652049;

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