Overheard Voices

Address and Subjectivity in Postmodern American Poetry
1. Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-0-415-97627-5
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 184 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 429 g

Reihe: Literary Criticism and Cultural Theory

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Keniston, Ann

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur Amerikanische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Lyrik und Dichter

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1 Introduction “The fluidity of damaged Form”: Theorizing Postmodern Address; Chapter One Recovering You: Sylvia Plath’s Ariel; Chapter Two Ghostly Projections: James Merrill’s; Chapter Three Buried with the Romantics: Louise Glück’s The Wild Iris; Chapter Four Homo Faber: Frank Bidart’s Desire; Chapter 6 Conclusion;

Über Autor(innen)

Ann Keniston