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Obsessive Images: Symbolism In Poetry Of The 1930S And 1940S (Minnesota Archive Editions),Used
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Product Description Obsessive Images was first published in 1960. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make longunavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions.As Mark Schorer comments, this is 'the last, unfinished work of a distinguished, well loved critic, poet, and professor.' After the death of Joseph Warren Beach, his colleague and friend William Van O'Connor, professor of English at the University of Minnesota, prepared the unfinished manuscript of this work for publication and wrote the foreword.The work is primarily a study of certain words, phrases, and images that turn up with unusual frequency in modern American poetry, especially that of the decades of the 1930's and 1940's, and which are used in unusual senses, to carry special symbolisms, or to imply peculiar philosophical attitudes. Since the study is concerned with such recurring images and themes, many poets of distinction, in whose work they are not to be found, are left out, but Professor Beach also discusses the significance of the absence of these poets.Students and critics will gain insight through this work into the characteristic attitudes of a generation of poets. The book is, moreover, a delight to read, reflecting, as it does, Mr. Beach's own love for the study of poetry. As Professor O'Connor points out, the tone is much more personal than that of Mr. Beach's other books. From the Back Cover Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make longunavailable books once again accessible to scholars, students, researchers, and general readers. Rich with historical and cultural value, these works are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions. The books offered through Minnesota Archive Editions are produced in limited quantities according to customer demand and are available through select distribution partners. About the Author Joseph Warren Beach was for many years a professor of English at the University of Minnesota. He died in 1957. He wrote in many fields and was particularly distinguished for his criticism of the novel, his poetry, and his poetry criticism. Among his books are The Making of the Auden Cannon, Beginning with Plato (a volume of poems), The TwentiethCentury Novel, and American Fiction 19201940.
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