Invisible listeners

Description:

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.

subjects: Criticism and interpretation,  Authors and readers,  History and criticism,  Intimacy (Psychology) in literature,  God in literature,  American poetry,  Lyric poetry,  Reader-response criticism,  American poetry, history and criticism, colonial period, ca. 1600-1775,  Gods in literature,  American poetry, history and criticism, 19th century,  American poetry, history and criticism, 20th century,  Criticism and interpretationwhitman, walt , 1819-1892,  Criticism and interpretationherbert, george , 1593-1633,  Criticism and interpretationashbery, john , 1927-2017,  American poetry--history and criticism,  Lyric poetry--history and criticism,  Authors and readers--united states,  Authors and readers--england,  Ps310.i57 v46 2005,  811/.0409,  Poetry, history and criticism,  American poetry, history and criticism,  Ashbery, john, 1927-2017,  Herbert, george, 1593-1633,  Whitman, walt, 1819-1892,  Psychology in literature

People: George Herbert (1593-1633),  Walt Whitman (1819-1892),  John Ashbery

Places: United States,  England