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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Table of contents
- Cover
- Original Title
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction "The fluidity of damaged Form": Theorizing Postmodern Address
- Chapter One Recovering You: Sylvia Plath's Ariel
- Chapter Two Ghostly Projections: James Merrill's The Changing Light at Sandover
- Chapter Three Buried with the Romantics: Louise Glück's The Wild Iris
- Chapter Four Homo Faber: Frank Bidart's Desire
- Chapter Five "A dream of this room": Self-Effacement and Lyric Space
- Notes
- Works Cited
- Index
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