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The Muse of Abandonment

The Muse of Abandonment Origin, Identity, Mastery, in Five American Poets

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Publisher's Synopsis

Personal and cultural forms of abandonment in the poetry of Charles Wright, Russell Edson, Jean Valentine, James Tate and Louise Gluck are explored. The first book to consider these poets as members of a generation, Upton also analyses these poets' recasting of confessional and surrealist legacies.

Book information

ISBN: 9780838753965
Publisher: Bucknell University Press
Imprint: Bucknell University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 811.5409353
DEWEY edition: 21
Number of pages: 162
Weight: 420g
Height: 241mm
Width: 165mm
Spine width: 16mm