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James Merrill's Poetic Quest

James Merrill's Poetic Quest

Adams, Don

Hardcover

Series: Contributions to the Study of World Literature, Book 81

Literary CriticismPoetry CriticismGeneral Poetry

ISBN10: 0313302502
ISBN13: 9780313302503
Publisher: Praeger
Published: Apr 30 1997
Pages: 192
Weight: 1.00
Height: 0.56 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Relatively little critical attention has been directed towards the explication of James Merrill's difficult poems, much less towards the understanding of his densely-layered symbolism. This is the first comprehensive study to look at Merrill's difficult symbolic system and to provide a close reading of Merrill's epic poem The Changing Light at Sandover. Adams reads Merrill's poetry through various lenses, primarily those of Freudian psychology and of the Jungian archetypal system. His approach allows the reader to view individual works as part of the larger picture of Merrill's quest to save his life through his art.

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