Marianne Moore Imaginary Possessions

Download or read book Marianne Moore, Imaginary Possessions written by Bonnie Costello and published by Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1981 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Analyzes the stages in Moore's development from purely imagist style to her preoccupations with the visual arts, with the question of form in relation to message and with the conflict between tension and fluency. Contains readings of individual poems, shedding light on their meaning and tone, under such headings as "Images of Sweetened Combat" and "Images of Luminosity, Iridescence, and Metamorphosis".