Creating Another Self An Analysis Of Voice In American Contemporary Poetry

Creating Another Self

A study of modern American personal poetry from the 1950s to the present. It looks at the confessional mode, the personal mode, and the self-effacing mode in personal poetry and at the work of writers whose work exemplifies each mode, including Robert Lowell, John Berryman, and Mark Strand. The author posits the critical assumption that anyone writing of the self uses one of the three modes of voice. Paper edition (38-8), $27.50. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Charles Simic in Conversation with Michael Hulse

This well-respected interview series welcomes Charles Simic. The University of New Hampshire poet is widely regarded as one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary American poetry. Recipient of numerous awards and prizes, Simic answers questio

Creating Another Self : an Analysis of Voice in American Contemporary Poetry