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The poetry of Thom Gunn : a critical study
- Title
- The poetry of Thom Gunn : a critical study / Stefania Michelucci ; translated by Jill Franks ; foreword by Clive Wilmer.
- Author
- Michelucci, Stefania.
- Publication
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., [2009], ©2009.
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- Description
- x, 212 pages; 23 cm
- Summary
- "Thom Gunn served as a mouthpiece for his time, illustrating the social, cultural, and historical transformations that have characterized western civilization from World War II until today. Starting with theoretical premises drawn from philosophy, anthropology, and sociology, this work examines Thom Gunn's entire poetic career." "In Gunn's early poetry, the author argues, the predominant theme is the desire for freedom from the painful prison of the intellect and from the masks that the individual feels compelled to wear even in his sexual relationships." "In Gunn's later poetry, the author notes a gradual opening to human relationships and to Nature, which is also Gunn's vindication and reevaluation of his own nature and the liberation of his long repressed and hidden homosexuality."--BOOK JACKET.
- Uniform Title
- Maschera, il corpo e l'anima. English
- Alternative Title
- Maschera, il corpo e l'anima.
- Subject
- Gunn, Thom > Criticism and interpretation
- Note
- "The book was originally published as La maschera, il corpo e l'anima : saggio sulla poesia di Thom Gunn by Edizioni Unicopli, Milano, 2006"--T.p. verso.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-206) and index.
- Contents
- Foreword / Clive Wilmer -- I. "I'm an Anglo-American poet": Profile of Thom Gunn -- II. In Search of an Ubi Consistam -- III. A Challenge to the Void -- IV. Surrender and Recovery -- V. An Experiment in Artistic Collaboration -- VI. The Liberating Sixties -- VII. The Body, Disease, and Death -- Thom Gunn Today -- Appendix. Cole Street, San Francisco: A Conversation with Thom Gunn.
- ISBN
- 9780786436873 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 0786436875 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2008028812
- 40016327954
- OCLC
- ocn212328300
- 212328300
- SCSB-5452128
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries