The Embattled Lyric: Essays and Conversations in Poetics and Anthropology

Nathaniel Tarn

ISBN 10: 080475053X / ISBN 13: 9780804750530

Published by Stanford University Press, 2007

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Embattled Lyric: Essays and Conversations in Poetics and Anthropology
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 080475053X
• ISBN 13: 9780804750530
• Binding: Hardback
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

A theory of poetic production and reception based on both literary and anthropological studies and models.

About the Author

Nathaniel Tarn is a distinguished poet with academic training in anthropology and comparative literature. He was Professor of Poetry, Professor of Comparative Literature, and Professor of Anthopology at Rutgers University. His most well known books of poetry are The Beautiful Contradictions (1970), A Nowhere for Vallejo (1972), Lyrics for the Bride of God (1975), The House of Leaves (1976), and, most recently, Selected Poems, 1950-2000 (2002).