| Description |
1 online resource (x, 192 pages) |
| Contents |
"It must change" : the art of digression in twentieth-century American poetry -- "To explain grace requires a curious hand" : Marianne Moore's interdisciplinary digressions -- Changing the szujet : Lyn Hejinian's digressive narratology and the writing of history -- Digression personified : Whitman, the New York School, and the drift of poetry -- New digressions : John Ashbery and the changing subjects of the twenty-first century |
| Summary |
'Changing Subjects' contends that major American poets-such as Walt Whitman, Wallace Stevens, John Ashbery, and Lyn Hejinian-transformed verse and even changed conceptions of modern subjectivity by exploiting an ordinary rhetorical device ubiquitous in spoken language: the digression |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-181) |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Moore, Marianne, 1887-1972 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Hejinian, Lyn -- Criticism and interpretation
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Ashbery, John, 1927-2017 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892 -- Influence
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| SUBJECT |
Ashbery, John, 1927-2017 fast |
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Hejinian, Lyn fast |
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Moore, Marianne, 1887-1972 fast |
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Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892 fast |
| Subject |
American poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism
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Digression (Rhetoric) in literature.
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Poetics.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Poetry.
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American poetry
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Digression (Rhetoric) in literature
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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Poetics
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780199791088 |
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0199791082 |
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