Invisible listeners
Subtitle: lyric intimacy in Herbert, Whitman, and Ashbery
By: Helen Vendler.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Princeton, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 112
Subjects: Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892 -- Criticism and interpretation; Herbert, George, 1593-1633 -- Criticism and interpretation; Ashbery, John -- Criticism and interpretation; American poetry -- History and criticism; Intimacy (Psychology) in literature; Lyric poetry -- History and criticism; Authors and readers -- United States; Authors and readers -- England; Reader-response criticism; God in literature
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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.