Generic Extensions in Contemporary British Poetry
Abstract: This contribution analyses two complex examples of the generic extension of lyric poetry in recent British literature. Tony Harrison’s film poem “The Shadow of Hiroshima” (1995) expands the lyric text into the visual dimension; Glyn Maxwell’s collection “The Sugar Mile” (2005) arranges a large number of individual lyric poems into a dramatic scenario. In both cases the generic transition is coupled with a further generic extension – the elaboration of a distinctly narrative sequentiality. In two important aspects the generic extension of these examples affects the rendering of a particular experience, namely the perception of and reaction to massive violence and destruction. One aspect concerns the organization of speech situation and perspective, especially the relation between a superordinate authorial voice and possible subordinate voices, the other aspect pertains to the status of the represented experience in the ambiguity between factuality and fictionality, characteristic of.... https://izfk.uni-trier.de/index.php/izfk/article/view/54
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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Generic Extensions in Contemporary British Poetry ; volume:2 ; day:26 ; month:04 ; year:2021
Internationale Zeitschrift für Kulturkomparatistik ; 2 (26.04.2021)
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Hühn, Peter
- DOI
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10.25353/ubtr-izfk-8ecb-870f
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urn:nbn:de:101:1-2021043013331525120053
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Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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