Book contents
- The Cambridge Introduction to American Poetry since 1945
- The Cambridge Introduction to American Poetry since 1945
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I American Poetry from 1945 to 1970
- Chapter 1 The Raw and the Cooked
- Chapter 2 The Black Mountain Poets
- Chapter 3 The Beats and the San Francisco Renaissance
- Chapter 4 The New York School of Poetry
- Chapter 5 The Middle Generation, Elizabeth Bishop, and Confessional Poetry
- Chapter 6 Deep Image Poetry
- Chapter 7 African American Poetry from 1945 to 1970
- Part II American Poetry from 1970 to 2000
- Part III Into the New Millennium American Poetry from 2000 to the Present
- Works Cited
- Index
- Cambridge Introductions to Literature
Chapter 6 - Deep Image Poetry
from Part I - American Poetry from 1945 to 1970
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 December 2022
Book contents
- The Cambridge Introduction to American Poetry since 1945
- The Cambridge Introduction to American Poetry since 1945
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I American Poetry from 1945 to 1970
- Chapter 1 The Raw and the Cooked
- Chapter 2 The Black Mountain Poets
- Chapter 3 The Beats and the San Francisco Renaissance
- Chapter 4 The New York School of Poetry
- Chapter 5 The Middle Generation, Elizabeth Bishop, and Confessional Poetry
- Chapter 6 Deep Image Poetry
- Chapter 7 African American Poetry from 1945 to 1970
- Part II American Poetry from 1970 to 2000
- Part III Into the New Millennium American Poetry from 2000 to the Present
- Works Cited
- Index
- Cambridge Introductions to Literature
Summary
This chapter focuses on the movement known as Deep Image poetry and traces the origins of this tendency and explores its key characteristics. The chapter discusses Deep Image poetry’s debts to Spanish and Latin American surrealism and other sources and focuses on the work of Robert Bly and, especially, James Wright, in order to sketch out the major features of Deep Image poetics, including its use of images drawn from the unconscious and moments of sudden epiphany.
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- The Cambridge Introduction to American Poetry since 1945 , pp. 113 - 118Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022