The late Leo Spitzer enjoyed a reputation as one of the twentieth century’s outstanding philologists and linguists. His writings in the field of the romance languages and of comparative philology have been always stimulating, often controversial....
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The late Leo Spitzer enjoyed a reputation as one of the twentieth century’s outstanding philologists and linguists. His writings in the field of the romance languages and of comparative philology have been always stimulating, often controversial. This collection presents his essays in English and American literature which appeared in various journals and other publications during his lifetime. They range from an explication de texte of three great Middle English poems, through close scrutiny of writings of Donne, Milton, Keats, to a consideration of Edgar Allan Poe and Whitman, and, finally, to one of Yeats’ poems. Each of the essays in this collection is illuminated and heightened by Professor Spitzer’s careful and imaginative exegesis. The delightful “American Advertising Explained as Popular Art” is included as a sample of Professor Spitzer’s commentary on American culture.Originally published in 1962.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Frontmatter -- -- Foreword -- -- Acknowledgments -- -- Contents -- -- I. On Yeats's Poem "Leda and the Swan" -- -- II. Explication de Texte Applied to Walt Whitman’s Poem “Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking” -- -- III. “Tears, Idle Tears” Again -- -- IV. A Reinterpretation of “The Fall of the House of Usher” -- -- V. The “Ode on a Grecian Urn,” or Content vs. Metagrammar -- -- VI. Marvell's “Nymph Complaining for the Death of her Fawn” -- -- VII. Understanding Milton -- -- VIII. Herrick’s “Delight in Disorder” -- -- IX. Three Poems on Ecstasy: John Donne, St. John of the Cross, Richard Wagner -- -- X. Spenser, “Shepheardes Calendar, March” (Lines 61-114) and the Variorum Edition -- -- XI. Explication de texte Applied to Three Great Middle English Poems -- -- Appendix: American Advertising Explained as Popular Art -- -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- -- INDEX
