LEADER 03321nam 2200661 a 450 001 9910451995003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-73029-7 010 $a9786611730291 010 $a0-300-12948-3 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300129489 035 $a(CKB)1000000000471849 035 $a(StDuBDS)BDZ0022171452 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000225482 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11187084 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000225482 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10230721 035 $a(PQKB)10626931 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000158291 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3420179 035 $a(DE-B1597)485181 035 $a(OCoLC)1024022636 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300129489 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3420179 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10170870 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL173029 035 $a(OCoLC)923591815 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000471849 100 $a20050615d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPower, plain English, and the rise of modern poetry$b[electronic resource] /$fDavid Rosen 210 $aNew Haven $cYale University Press$dc2006 215 $a1 online resource (1 online resource (x, 212 p.)) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-300-10071-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 181-199) and index. 327 $aPrologue: the secret reference of John Locke -- Wordsworth's empirical imagination -- Certain good: W. B. Yeats and the language of autobiography -- The lost youth of modern poetry: T. S. Eliot, W. H. Auden. 330 $aIn this engaging book David Rosen offers a radically new account of Modern poetry and revises our understanding of its relation to Romanticism. British poets from Wordsworth to Auden attempted to present themselves simultaneously as persons of power and as moral voices in their communities. The modern lyric derives its characteristic complexities-psychological, ethical, formal-from the extraordinary difficulty of this effort.The low register of our language-a register of short, concrete, native words arranged in simple syntax-is deeply implicated in this story. Rosen shows how the peculiar reputation of "plain English" for truthfulness is employed by Modern poets to conceal the rift between their (probably irreconcilable) ambitions for themselves. With a deep appreciation for poetic accomplishment and a wonderful iconoclasm, Rosen sheds new light on the innovative as well as the self-deceptive aspects of Modern poetry. This book alters our understanding of the history of poetry in the English language. 606 $aEnglish poetry$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aEnglish poetry$y19th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aEnglish language$xStyle 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aEnglish poetry$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aEnglish poetry$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aEnglish language$xStyle. 676 $a821/.9109 700 $aRosen$b David$f1971-$01036203 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910451995003321 996 $aPower, plain English, and the rise of modern poetry$92456398 997 $aUNINA