“In the far distance” : Memories of the Medieval and Ghosts in Modern Poetry (Jack Spicer, Cole Swensen)

“In the far distance” : Memories of the Medieval and Ghosts in Modern Poetry (Jack Spicer, Cole Swensen)

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This essay proposes a comparative reading of medieval texts and the modern poetry of Jack Spicer and Cole Swensen. It explores the places of destabilization in these literary works, to grasp the stakes of the medieval resurgence that is taking place there. To summarize, we can say that the Middle Ag...

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Main Author: Nathalie Koble
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Radboud University Press in cooperation with Open Journals 2014-09-01
Series:Relief: Revue Électronique de Littérature Francaise
Subjects:
modern poetry
ghosts
medieval literature
Online Access:https://revue-relief.org/article/view/9071
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spelling doaj-591afb79a36f4c55a0c6628bdcb16cb32021-10-02T12:59:01ZengRadboud University Press in cooperation with Open JournalsRelief: Revue Électronique de Littérature Francaise1873-50452014-09-0181“In the far distance” : Memories of the Medieval and Ghosts in Modern Poetry (Jack Spicer, Cole Swensen)Nathalie KobleThis essay proposes a comparative reading of medieval texts and the modern poetry of Jack Spicer and Cole Swensen. It explores the places of destabilization in these literary works, to grasp the stakes of the medieval resurgence that is taking place there. To summarize, we can say that the Middle Ages are used here to fight three tyrannies that are usually seen as constitutive of the subject in classic views inherited by modernity: that of time; that of the subject; and finally the primeval importance of meaning.https://revue-relief.org/article/view/9071modern poetryghostsmedieval literature
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“In the far distance” : Memories of the Medieval and Ghosts in Modern Poetry (Jack Spicer, Cole Swensen)
Relief: Revue Électronique de Littérature Francaise
modern poetry
ghosts
medieval literature
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title “In the far distance” : Memories of the Medieval and Ghosts in Modern Poetry (Jack Spicer, Cole Swensen)
title_short “In the far distance” : Memories of the Medieval and Ghosts in Modern Poetry (Jack Spicer, Cole Swensen)
title_full “In the far distance” : Memories of the Medieval and Ghosts in Modern Poetry (Jack Spicer, Cole Swensen)
title_fullStr “In the far distance” : Memories of the Medieval and Ghosts in Modern Poetry (Jack Spicer, Cole Swensen)
title_full_unstemmed “In the far distance” : Memories of the Medieval and Ghosts in Modern Poetry (Jack Spicer, Cole Swensen)
title_sort “in the far distance” : memories of the medieval and ghosts in modern poetry (jack spicer, cole swensen)
publisher Radboud University Press in cooperation with Open Journals
series Relief: Revue Électronique de Littérature Francaise
issn 1873-5045
publishDate 2014-09-01
description This essay proposes a comparative reading of medieval texts and the modern poetry of Jack Spicer and Cole Swensen. It explores the places of destabilization in these literary works, to grasp the stakes of the medieval resurgence that is taking place there. To summarize, we can say that the Middle Ages are used here to fight three tyrannies that are usually seen as constitutive of the subject in classic views inherited by modernity: that of time; that of the subject; and finally the primeval importance of meaning.
topic modern poetry
ghosts
medieval literature
url https://revue-relief.org/article/view/9071
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