Overheard Voices
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Overheard Voices

Address and Subjectivity in Postmodern American Poetry

  1. 184 pages
  2. English
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eBook - ePub

Overheard Voices

Address and Subjectivity in Postmodern American Poetry

About this book

Overheard Voices examines poetic address and in particular apostrophe (the address of absent or inanimate others) in the work of four post-World War II American poets, with a focus on loss, desire, figuration, audience, and subjectivity. By approaching these crucial issues from an unexpected angle--through a study of the seldom-examined lyric "you"-- Overheard Voices offers new insight into both contemporary lyric and the lyric genre more generally. The book offers detailed readings of Sylvia Plath, James Merrill, Louise Glück, and Frank Bidart.

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Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2006
Print ISBN
9781138833319
eBook ISBN
9781135502799

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Original Title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Introduction "The fluidity of damaged Form": Theorizing Postmodern Address
  9. Chapter One Recovering You: Sylvia Plath's Ariel
  10. Chapter Two Ghostly Projections: James Merrill's The Changing Light at Sandover
  11. Chapter Three Buried with the Romantics: Louise Glück's The Wild Iris
  12. Chapter Four Homo Faber: Frank Bidart's Desire
  13. Chapter Five "A dream of this room": Self-Effacement and Lyric Space
  14. Notes
  15. Works Cited
  16. Index