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Invisible listeners

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"I hope to describe here George Herbert's startling accomplishment in revising the conventional vertical address to God until it approaches the horizontal address to an intimate friend."
112 pages
~1h 52min to read
Published 2005 Princeton University Press 1 views
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069113474X, 9780691134741
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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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