01976nam a2200325 i 4500 187785 InACL 20260926144604.0 260926s2002 xxk 0 eng d 9780199248988 0199248982 InACL eng rda InACL 851.912 BRO 23 Brook, Clodagh J. author The expression of the inexpressible in Eugenio Montale's poetry : metaphor, negation, and silence / Clodagh J. Brook Oxford [U.K.] : Oxford University Press, 2002 196 pages text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier "'It is impossible to say just what I mean!' Prufrock's frustration in Eliot's celebrated poem underlines the pessimistic view of language at the heart of much Modernist poetry. Locating the greatest Italian poet of the twentieth century, Eugenio Montale, firmly within European Modernism, this book examines the struggle with language that is central to his work. What can a poet do when words fail him? Does he put down his pen, retreat into silence? Does he seek instead to push language towards its limits, and, if so, what tools can he employ? What part does metaphor, the via negativa, allusive or understated writing have in this process? These are just some of the issues that Clodagh J. Brook seeks to address. In its unravelling of the inexpressibility paradox, her book offers a new reading of Montale's early verse, and reveals how in articles and metapoetic comments Montale gives us ins Montale, Eugenio, 1896- -- Criticism and interpretation. Metaphor in literature. Negation (Logic) in literature. Silence in literature. Criticism and interpretation Metaphor in literature Negation (Logic) in literature Silence in literature 632702 632702 0 0 0 0 ACL ACL GEN 2026-09-26 0 851.912 BRO 187785 2026-09-26 14:46:04 2026-09-26 BK