2017
DOI: 10.25115/odisea.v0i7.133
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Moons do not bleed but stare: A cognitive approach to Larkin’s “Sad Steps” and Plath’s “Edge”

Abstract: Succumbing to the moon's enchantment seems nothing out of the ordinary, however much the post-modern human mind wants to deny the fact. The present article shows the way art -particularly post-modern poetry-makes use of this ordinary romantic imaginative attraction in order to convey everlasting human stances towards real life. As an example we shall consider the moon from two different perspectives: Philip Larkin's "Sad Steps" helps the reader view it from a quasi-philosophical position, whereas Sylvia Plath'… Show more

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