Poetry as survival

by Orr, Gregory

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Title Statements

Full title :Poetry as survival / Gregory Orr.

Summary

Intended for general readers and for students and scholars of poetry, "Poetry as Survival" is a complex and lucid analysis of the powerful role poetry can play in confronting, surviving, and transcending pain and suffering. Gregory Orr draws from a generous array of sources. He weaves discussions of work by Keats, Dickinson, and Whitman with quotes from three-thousand-year-old Egyptian poems, Inuit songs, and Japanese love poems to show that writing personal lyric has helped poets throughout history to process emotional and experiential turmoil, from individual stress to collective grief. More specifically, he considers how the acts of writing, reading, and listening to lyric bring ordering powers to the chaos that surrounds us. Moving into more contemporary work, Orr looks at the poetry of Sylvia Plath, Stanley Kunitz, and Theodore Roethke, poets who relied on their own work to get through painful psychological experiences. As a poet who has experienced considerable trauma -- especially as a child -- Orr refers to the damaging experiences of his past and to the role poetry played in his ability to recover and survive. His personal narrative makes all the more poignant and vivid Orr's claims for lyric poetry's power as a tool for healing. "Poetry as Survival" is a memorable and inspiring introduction to lyric poetry's capacity to help us find safety and comfort in a threatening world. -- From product description.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2002.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):University of Georgia Press
Place of Publication:Athens
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2002.

Notes

Includes index.

The Physical Object

Description:vii, 235 pages ; : 22 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0820324272, 9780820324272, 0820324280, 9780820324289
oclc:ocm49285469
LC Classification:PR502
Dewey Decimal:821.009

Subjects

American poetry American poetry -- History and criticism Criticism, interpretation, etc Englisch English poetry English poetry -- History and criticism Geschichte Lyrik Poésie Poésie américaine -- Histoire et critiq… Poésie anglaise -- Histoire et critique Poetry USA