Spatial Engagement with Poetry [Hardcover]

Drawing from a broad range of contemporary British poets, including Thomas Kinsella, Kathleen Jamie, and Alice Oswald, this study examines the inherently spatial and affective nature of our engagement with poetry. Adding to the expanding field of geocritical studies, Yeung specifically discusses ideas of space and constructions of voice in poetry.Introduction: The Map and the Voice PART I 1. Mapping 1: The Poem as Space 2. Interlude 1: scripturacontinuaconvivavoce 3. Mapping 2: The Poem of Space 4. Interlude 2: The Poem in Space 5. Mapping 3: Vocalic Space and Affective Engagement 6. Interlude 3: The Poetic Map, Vocalised PART?II 7. Economies of Poetic Production: The Poetry of Thomas Kinsella 8. Landscapes of the Body: The Poetry of Kathleen Jamie 9. The Poetics of Intimate Perception: Mimi Khalvati 10. Of Passage and Process: Alice Oswald's Dart Coda: d'autres mappemondes

Spatial Engagement with Poetry is an important book in the field of literary geocriticism; its readings carefully explore the various spaces in the work of four significant contemporary poets and it provides a lively methodology that should be read by all serious geocritics. (Ahmed Badrideen, English Studies, Vol. 97 (6), 2016)

Heather H. Yeung is AHRC Memory Network Postdoctoral Research Assistant at the University of Roehampton, UK. In Spatial Engagement with Poetry, Heather H. Yeung offers a significant contribution to research in the expanding field of literary eco-criticism. The book is divided into two main sections; the first, more theoretical inquiry sets the stage for the second section's very close readings of contemporary lyric poetry. One of Spatial Engagement's many strong points is its charting of eco-critical methodology in relation to poetic voice - a development which could also be applied to various writers outside of the scope of this book. - Peter Jaeger, Professor of Poetics, Roehampton University, UK

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