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The Confessional Poets (Crosscurrents/Modern Critiques)
The Confessional Poets - Crosscurrents/Modern Critiques
Author: Robert Phillips
Confessional poetry as a genre was first characterized by the critic M. L. Rosenthal in 1959. It has become a potent force, and its practitioners the poetic voices of our time. The poetry is highly subjective, written with frankness and lack of re­straint, and focuses on the ugliness of life. Its leading practitioners, Robert Lowell, Anne Sexto...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780809306428
ISBN-10: 0809306425
Publication Date: 10/1/1973
Pages: 192
Edition: 1st
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Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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