{"product_id":"odyssey-and-other-poems-2nd-edition-9781478785088","title":"Odyssey and Other Poems, 2nd Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003eContemporary poetry is dominated by an adherence to the poetics of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndeterminacy, in which tuneless chaos prevails over music and meaning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn their determination to subvert the traditional conventions of poetry, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003econtemporary poets dismiss, in their practice, all the time-honored devices\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethat make poetry, such as, for example, rhythm and rhyme, symbol\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand song. That is to say, they dismiss Auden's famous formulation that\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epoetry is \"memorable speech\"--a unique and compelling combination of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esound and sense.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRather than joining my peers in their nihilistic revels, my intention, on the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003econtrary, is to employ the traditional practices of poetry to achieve Auden's\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eideal. Taking that ideal as my own; that is, taking the practice of such\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003egreat modernists as Dickinson, Robinson, Yeats, Rilke, Pound, Eliot, Cavafy, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStevens, Hart Crane, and Auden, I seek--against the indeterminacy that defines\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003econtemporary poetic practice--to make poems memorable for their music and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emeaning, their sound and sense.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThus, whether attempting a lyrical love poem or a poignant memoir of my\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003egrowing up in Philly's Little Italy, my intention is to create a dramatic poetry\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethat is to be spoken as well as read, heard as well as seen. Therefore, my poetry\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003estands as a direct challenge to the nihilistic conception of poetry that rules the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003econtemporary literary landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Outskirts Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/21\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781478785088\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 102\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.43lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.28d","brand":"Joseph F. Gabriel","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42325195620533,"sku":"9781478785088","price":16.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_30805f35-3a75-48b6-8e07-93de36218af0.jpg?v=1660017339","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/odyssey-and-other-poems-2nd-edition-9781478785088","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}