![]() | Lyric Shame: The @quot;Lyric@quot; Subject of Contemporary American Poetry Subjects: American poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism -- Theory etc.; American poetry -- 21st century -- History and criticism -- Theory etc.; Emotions in literature; Bringing a provocative perspective to the poetry wars that have divided practitioners and critics for decades, Gillian White argues that the sharp disagreements surrounding contemporary poetics have been shaped by "lyric shame"--an unspoken but pervasive embarrassment over what poetry is, should be, and fails to be. White Gillian : Gillian White is Associate Professor of English at the University of Michigan. |
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