Publication

2005 - Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J, New Jersey

Language

English

Word Count

28,000 words, Guess

Page Count

112 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • LibraryThing1648068
  • Goodreads48255

Classifications

  • DDC811/.0409
  • LCCPS310.I57 V46 2005

Description

When a poet addresses a living person, we recognise the intimacy being evoked, but what causes a poet to invoke invisible listeners? Helen Vendler explores this area of poetry, focusing on the works of George Herbert, Walt Whitman and John Ashbery.

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Other Editions

  • Invisible listeners: lyric intimacy in Herbert, Whitman, and AshberyPrinceton University Press2005-01-01

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