Poetry and the Fate of the Senses

by Susan Stewart

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What is the role of the senses in the creation and reception of poetry? How does poetry carry on the long tradition of making experience and suffering understood by others? With Poetry and the Fate of the Senses, Susan Stewart traces the path of the aesthetic in search of an explanation for the role of poetry in our culture. The task of poetry, she tells us, is to counter the loneliness of the mind, or to help it glean, out of the darkness...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0226774147

ISBN13:9780226774145

Release Date:January 2002

Publisher:University of Chicago Press

Length:458 Pages

Weight:1.42 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 6.1" x 9.0"

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