Introduction : "One kind of everything" -- Reading objects : Robert Lowell -- Elizabeth Bishop on autobiographical grounds -- Reading Frank Bidart pragmatically -- The tenses of Frank O'Hara -- Forms of narrative in the poetry of Louise Glück -- Conclusion : autobiography and the language school
Summary
Taking on one of the most crucial issues in American poetry of the last 50 years, celebrated poet Dan Chiasson explores what is lost or gained when real-life experiences are made part of the subject matter and source material for poetry
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 180-182) and index
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