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Invisible listeners

Helen Hennessy Vendler · 2005

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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.

Book details

Year
2005
Language
English
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Editions
3
Pages
112
ISBN
9780691134741

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