About this book
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.
Subjects
Criticism and interpretationAuthors and readersHistory and criticismIntimacy (Psychology) in literatureGod in literatureAmerican poetryLyric poetryReader-response criticismAmerican poetry, history and criticism, colonial period, ca. 1600-1775Gods in literatureAmerican poetry, history and criticism, 19th centuryAmerican poetry, history and criticism, 20th centuryCriticism and interpretationwhitman, walt , 1819-1892Criticism and interpretationherbert, george , 1593-1633Criticism and interpretationashbery, john , 1927-2017American poetry--history and criticismLyric poetry--history and criticismAuthors and readers--united statesAuthors and readers--englandPs310.i57 v46 2005811/.0409Poetry, history and criticismAmerican poetry, history and criticismAshbery, john, 1927-2017