Lerner, Ben
The Hatred of Poetry
- ISBN 13:
- 9781910695159
- author:
- Lerner, Ben
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Fitzcarraldo Editions
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2016
- Pages:
- 120
- Dimensions:
- 12.8 x 19.9 x 1.9 centimetres (0
- Genre:
- Fiction & Literature, Literary Criticsm, Poetry,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
The Hatred of Poetry by Ben Lerner Poetry has been one of the most reviled art forms throughout history. Even poets themselves have expressed disdain for it, as Marianne Moore once wrote: 'I, too, dislike it.' In this thought-provoking essay, Ben Lerner explores the complex relationship between poetry and its detractors, examining both the greatest haters and practitioners of the art. Lerner delves into the history of poetry's most vocal critics, including Plato's views on poets' corrupting influence. He also provides insightful close readings of some of poetry's most iconic figures, such as Keats, Dickinson, and Whitman. Through his analysis, Lerner seeks to understand the underlying impulse that drives both great and terrible poems: the desire to transcend individual experience into a timeless communal realm. By exploring the contradictions at the heart of poetry, Lerner has crafted an engaging and original examination of a vocation that is as essential as it is impossible.
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