Robert Penn Warren after Audubon The Work of Aging and the Quest for Transcendence in His Later Poetry |
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| Author:
| Millichap, Joseph R. |
| Series title: | Southern Literary Studies |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8071-4699-6 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2009 |
| Publisher: | LSU Press
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $24.95 |
Book Description:
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Robert Penn Warren after Audubon embraces research on developmental psychology, gerontology, and end-of-life studies to offer provocative new readings of Warren's later poems, seeing in them an autobiographical epic focused on the process of aging, the inevitability of death, and the possibility of transcendence. Among the autobiographical elements the author identifies are Warren's loneliness during his later years; his alternating feelings of personal satisfaction and emptiness...
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Robert Penn Warren after Audubon embraces research on developmental psychology, gerontology, and end-of-life studies to offer provocative new readings of Warren's later poems, seeing in them an autobiographical epic focused on the process of aging, the inevitability of death, and the possibility of transcendence. Among the autobiographical elements the author identifies are Warren's loneliness during his later years; his alternating feelings of personal satisfaction and emptiness toward his literary achievements; and, at times, the impotence of memory. The author concludes that the finest of all of Warren's literary efforts can be found in his later works, after Audubon: A Vision.