Blow the bugles over the metaphysicians: Louis MacNeice and an aesthetics of error
This essay explores the Lacanian concept of “constitutive error” as analogous to a MacNeician “poetics of error.” Contrary to critical consensus, I examine the extent to which the philosophy of MacNeice’s poetry might be considered radically cogent, as well as the extent to which it might spur a rereading of Lacanian aesthetics.
History
Department
- English and Drama
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Mosaic (Winnipeg, 1967): a journal for the interdisciplinary study of literatureVolume
51Issue
1Citation
WARNER, A., 2017. Blow the bugles over the metaphysicians: Louis MacNeice and an aesthetics of error. Mosaic, 51 (1), pp.19-35.Publisher
University of ManitobaVersion
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
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2017-01-13Publication date
2018-03-31Notes
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0027-1276Publisher version
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