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Invisible listeners

Invisible listeners

by Helen Hennessy Vendler

2005Criticism and interpretationAuthors and readersHistory and criticismIntimacy (Psychology) in literatureGod in literature
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About this book

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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Criticism and interpretationAuthors and readersHistory and criticismIntimacy (Psychology) in literatureGod in literatureAmerican poetry
First published 2005

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United StatesEngland

About the author

Helen Hennessy Vendler

1933 – 2024

American literary critic

Author

Helen Hennessy Vendler

First published

2005

Pages

112

Read time

≈ 3h

Editions

3

Language

English

Publisher

Princeton University Press

ISBN

9781400826711

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