Poul Anderson and the American Alliterative Revival. Issue 2 (1st June 2021)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Poul Anderson and the American Alliterative Revival. Issue 2 (1st June 2021)
- Main Title:
- Poul Anderson and the American Alliterative Revival
- Authors:
- Wise, Dennis Wilson
- Abstract:
- Abstract : Although Poul Anderson is best known for his prose, he dabbled in poetry all his life, and his historical interests led him to become a major—if unacknowledged— contributor to the twentieth-century alliterative revival. This revival, most often associated with British poets such as W. H. Auden, J. R. R. Tolkien, and C. S. Lewis, attempted to adapt medieval Germanic alliterative meter into modern English. Yet Anderson, a firmly libertarian Enlightenment-style writer, imbued his alliterative poetry with a rationalistic spirit that implicitly accepted (with appropriate qualifications) a narrative of historical progress. This article analyzes the alliterative verse that Anderson wrote and uncovers how the demands of the pulp market shaped what poetry he could produce.
- Is Part Of:
- Extrapolation. Volume 62:Issue 2(2021)
- Journal:
- Extrapolation
- Issue:
- Volume 62:Issue 2(2021)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 62, Issue 2 (2021)
- Year:
- 2021
- Volume:
- 62
- Issue:
- 2
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2021-0062-0002-0000
- Page Start:
- 157
- Page End:
- 180
- Publication Date:
- 2021-06-01
- Subjects:
- Science fiction -- History and criticism -- Periodicals
Science fiction -- Bibliography -- Periodicals
Science fiction
Bibliography
Criticism, interpretation, etc
Periodicals
809.38762 - Journal URLs:
- http://online.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/loi/extr ↗
http://liverpool.metapress.com/content/122345/ ↗ - DOI:
- 10.3828/extr.2021.9 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 0014-5483
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- Legaldeposit
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