Rhythm and Reader Identity in Philip Larkin and Keston Sutherland
| Autor: | David Kennedy |
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| Jazyk: | English<br />French |
| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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| Zdroj: | Études Britanniques Contemporaines, Vol 39, Pp 93-108 (2010) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1168-4917 2271-5444 |
| DOI: | 10.4000/ebc.2809 |
| Popis: | What does it mean to be able to observe and describe rhythm? And does the ability to make such a description give us “more” knowledge about a poem or does it merely support illusions that poems, in contrast to other texts, have accessible interiorities that enable the transmission of truths? This essay argues that such questions are secondary to the question of how rhythm and its description have been and continue to be involved in the production of the reader. The essay will examine two very different poets, Philip Larkin and Keston Sutherland. Larkin’s “Mr Bleaney” uses empiricism and iambic statement to give the illusion of consumable knowledge. Sutherland’s “Ten Past Nine”, in contrast, challenges the reader in terms of what it is “about” and “who” is speaking to such an extent that the reader does not know “who” he or she is supposed to be. Regular rhythm reveals not consumable poeticality but a disturbing pathology in which the reader is invited to share. |
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