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Overview"Poetry moves us. Sometimes a poem changes our life. Then we analyze it as a cultural artifact with no special connection to us. An extensive critical apparatus enables us to develop sophisticated interpretations, but we dismiss as ""idiosyncratic"" even life-changing experiences of poetry. We need an apparatus to unfold our experience of reading poems into a more effective relationship with the world. Modern poets in particular wrote prophetic verse for this purpose. Archetypal psychology and phenomenology describe the soul that modern poetry moves in us. Three prosodic mechanisms activate the psyche. The polyphony of accentual and quantitative versification creates depth to lure the soul. Aural images reshape the reader’s stream of consciousness. Readers follow the movement of blocks of verse across the expanse of the page with what Maurice Merleau-Ponty terms the phenomenal body. These mechanisms reach us at the collective level of consciousness and generate the power we need to solve big, collective challenges, such as race, climate change, and inequality." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Eric PurchasePublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge ISBN: 9781032448848ISBN 10: 1032448849 Pages: 182 Publication Date: 09 October 2024 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Forthcoming Availability: Not yet available This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release. Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Part I: The Experience of Modern Verse Chapter 1: Reading as an Experience of the Psyche Chapter 2: Reading as an Experience of the Body Part II: The Psychoactive Mechanisms of Modern Verse Chapter 3: Polyphony Chapter 4: Aural Images Chapter 5: Movement Part III: The Value of Experiencing Modern Verse Chapter 6: An Earth of Value Afterword: Teaching the Experience of Modern VerseReviewsAuthor InformationEric Purchase is a professional writer for Gartner, Inc., a research and advisory firm, and an independent scholar. Previously he taught writing and literature for a dozen years at various universities. He holds a Ph.D. in comparative literature from the University of Connecticut. His previous books include Out of Nowhere (1999) and The Future of Reading (2019). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |