Invisible Listeners

Invisible Listeners Lyric Intimacy in Herbert, Whitman, and Ashbery

Helen Vendler2005
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.
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Cal Desmond‐Pearson@social-hermit
3 stars
Sep 24, 2022