Invisible Listeners: Lyric Intimacy in Herbert, Whitman, and Ashbery by Helen Vendler

Invisible Listeners: Lyric Intimacy in Herbert, Whitman, and Ashbery

Helen Vendler

95 pages first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction essays poetry challenging reflective medium-paced
Powered by AI (Beta)
Loading...

Description

When a poet addresses a living person--whether friend or enemy, lover or sister--we recognize the expression of intimacy. But what impels poets to leap across time and space to speak to invisible listeners, seeking an ideal intimacy--George Herber...

Read more

Community Reviews Summary of 2 reviews

Average rating

3.0

See all reviews...

Content Warnings

This book doesn't have any content warnings yet!

If you're the author of this book and want to add author-approved content warnings, please email us at [email protected] to request the content warning form.