ENGL 260 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Anne Klein, Lycidas, Bathysphere
12 Jan 2015
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Notes 16 portrait of the poet as landscape and death of a young son by drowning . Mid-20th century world where everything is chaotic, upside down, people questioning beliefs and institutions. Things in society do not make sense anymore ugly, chaotic. Conventional forms of expression belong to a world pre-holocaust, represent a world that belonged to the holocaust. Experimentation, trying to better express human experience. Emphasis on the self" that creates art, subjectivity of the artist. Psychology, freud"s theory of unconscious speaks to fragmented mind. World chaotic, human individual has no stability, no definable entity. Self is just as chaotic as the surrounding world. Intense focus on self could be seen as a trap. Problem being explored by writers at this time limits of personal experiences and art. Disservice to the holocaust to make it pleasurable in any way. The artist in relation to him or herself. Desire for return to a more stable past.
