Spatial Engagement with Poetry

Drawing from a broad range of contemporary British poets, including Thomas Kinsella, Kathleen Jamie, and Alice Oswald, this study examines the inherently spatial and affective nature of our engagement with poetry. Adding to the expanding field of geocritical studies, Yeung specifically discusses ideas of space and constructions of voice in poetry.

Introduction: The Map and the Voice PART I 1. Mapping 1: The Poem as Space 2. Interlude 1: scripturacontinuaconvivavoce 3. Mapping 2: The Poem of Space 4. Interlude 2: The Poem in Space 5. Mapping 3: Vocalic Space and Affective Engagement 6. Interlude 3: The Poetic Map, Vocalised PART II 7. Economies of Poetic Production: The Poetry of Thomas Kinsella 8. Landscapes of the Body: The Poetry of Kathleen Jamie 9. The Poetics of Intimate Perception: Mimi Khalvati 10. Of Passage and Process: Alice Oswald's Dart Coda: d'autres mappemondes