The American landscape in the poetry of Frost, Bishop, and Ashbery :
General Material Designation
[Book]
Other Title Information
the house abandoned /
First Statement of Responsibility
Marit J. MacArthur.
EDITION STATEMENT
Edition Statement
1st ed.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Palgrave Macmillan,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2008.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
257 pages ;
Dimensions
22 cm.
SERIES
Series Title
American literature readings in the 21st century
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-242) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Robert Frost : "The ruined cottage" in America -- Elizabeth Bishop : Incarnations of the "crypto-dream-house" -- John Ashbery : The farm on the lake at the end of the mind.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
"Robert Frost, Elizabeth Bishop, and John Ashbery stand out among major American poets - all three shaped the direction and pushed the boundaries of contemporary poetry on an international scale. Drawing on biography, cultural history, and original archival research, MacArthur shows us that these distinctive poets share one surprisingly central trope in their oeuvres: the Romantic scene of the abandoned house. This book scrutinizes the popular notion of Frost as a deeply rooted New Englander, demonstrates that Frost had an underestimated influence on Bishop - whose obsession with travel is the obverse of his preoccupation with houses and dwelling - and questions dominant, anti-biographical readings of Ashbery as an urban-identified poet. As she reads poems that evoke particular landscapes and houses lost and abandoned by these poets, MacArthur also sketches relevant cultural trends, including patterns of rural de-settlement, the transformation of rural economies from agriculture to tourism, and modern America's increasing mobility and rootlessness."--Jacket.
PERSONAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Ashbery, John,1927-2017-- Criticism and interpretation.
Bishop, Elizabeth,1911-1979-- Criticism and interpretation.
Frost, Robert,1874-1963-- Criticism and interpretation.
Ashbery, John, 1927-2017
Ashbery, John,1927-2017
Ashbery, John,1927-analys och tolkning.
Ashbery, John.
Bishop, Elizabeth (Schriftstellerin)
Bishop, Elizabeth, 1911-1979
Bishop, Elizabeth,1911-1979-- analys och tolkning.
Bishop, Elizabeth,1911-1979.
Frost, Robert, 1874-1963
Frost, Robert,1874-1963-- analys och tolkning.
Frost, Robert,1874-1963.
Frost, Robert.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Abandoned houses in literature.
American poetry-- 20th century-- History and criticism.