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008			260926s2002 xxk 0 eng d
020			_a9780199248988
020			_a0199248982
040			_aInACL _beng _erda _cInACL
082	0	4	_a851.912 _bBRO _223
100	1		_aBrook, Clodagh J. _eauthor
245	1	4	_aThe expression of the inexpressible in Eugenio Montale's poetry : _bmetaphor, negation, and silence / _cClodagh J. Brook
264		1	_aOxford [U.K.] : _bOxford University Press, _c2002
300			_a196 pages
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
520			_a"'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
650		0	_aMontale, Eugenio, 1896- -- Criticism and interpretation.
650		0	_aMetaphor in literature.
650		0	_aNegation (Logic) in literature.
650		0	_aSilence in literature.
650		0	_aCriticism and interpretation
650		0	_aMetaphor in literature
650		0	_aNegation (Logic) in literature
650		0	_aSilence in literature
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