Overheard Voices: Address and Subjectivity in Postmodern American Poetry

by Ann Keniston

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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...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0415976278

ISBN13:9780415976275

Release Date:January 2006

Publisher:Routledge

Length:184 Pages

Weight:0.84 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.4" x 9.3"

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