| Description |
1 online resource (x, 192 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-181). |
| Contents |
"It must change" : the art of digression in twentieth-century American poetry -- "To explain grace requires a curious hand" : Marianne Moore's interdisciplinary digressions -- Changing the szujet : Lyn Hejinian's digressive narratology and the writing of history -- Digression personified : Whitman, the New York School, and the drift of poetry -- New digressions : John Ashbery and the changing subjects of the twenty-first century. |
| Summary |
'Changing Subjects' contends that major American poets-such as Walt Whitman, Wallace Stevens, John Ashbery, and Lyn Hejinian-transformed verse and even changed conceptions of modern subjectivity by exploiting an ordinary rhetorical device ubiquitous in spoken language: the digression. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Moore, Marianne, 1887-1972 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Moore, Marianne, 1887-1972. |
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Criticism and interpretation. |
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Hejinian, Lyn -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Hejinian, Lyn. |
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Ashbery, John, 1927-2017 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Ashbery, John, 1927-2017. |
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Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892 -- Influence.
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Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892. |
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American poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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American poetry. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Digression (Rhetoric) in literature.
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Digression (Rhetoric) in literature. |
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Poetics.
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Poetics. |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Added Title |
Digressions in modern American poetry |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Reddy, Srikanth, 1973- Changing subjects 9780199791026 (DLC) 2011043099 (OCoLC)767824929 |
| ISBN |
9780199791088 (electronic book) |
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0199791082 (electronic book) |
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9780199791026 |
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0199791023 |
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