Modernist Alchemy

Modernist Alchemy
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Publisher : Cornell University Press
Total Pages : 242
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ISBN-10 : 9781501728570
ISBN-13 : 1501728571
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Book Synopsis Modernist Alchemy by : Timothy Materer

Download or read book Modernist Alchemy written by Timothy Materer and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2018-09-05 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Modernist Alchemy takes a close look at the work of twentieth-century poets whose use of the occult constitutes a recovery of discarded beliefs and modes of thought: Yeats and Plath try to dismiss conventional religion, Hughes captures a sense of adventure, H.D. seeks to liberate repressed concepts, while Duncan and Merrill hunt for a lost understanding of sexual identity which will allow for androgyny and homosexuality.


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