One kind of everything : poem and person in contemporary America / Dan Chiasson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chiasson, Dan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American poetry--20th century--History and criticism.

American poetry.

Autobiography in literature.

Self in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (205 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

One Kind of Everything elucidates the uses of autobiography and constructions of personhood in American poetry since World War II, with helpful reference to American literature in general since Emerson. Taking on one of the most crucial issues in American poetry of the last fifty years, celebrated poet Dan Chiasson explores what is lost or gained when real-life experiences are made part of the subject matter and source material for poetry. In five extended, scholarly essays-on Robert Lowell, Elizabeth Bishop, Frank Bidart, Frank O'Hara, and Louise Glück-Chiasson looks specifically to bridge the chasm between formal and experimental poetry in the United States. Regardless of form, Chiasson argues that recent American poetry is most thoughtful when it engages most forcefully with autobiographical material, either in an effort to embrace it or denounce it.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction: "One Kind of Everything"

Reading Objects: Robert Lowell

Elizabeth Bishop on Autobiographical Grounds

Reading Frank Bidart Pragmatically

The Tenses of Frank O'Hara

Forms of Narrative in the Poetry of Louise Gl¨uck

Conclusion: Autobiography and the Language School

Works Cited

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [180]-182) and index.

ISBN:

9786612584664

9781282584662

1282584669

9780226103846

0226103846

OCLC:

635292216