confession in literature

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confession in literature

The wounded surgeon

confession and transformation in six American poets : Robert Lowell, Elizabeth Bishop, John Berryman, Randall Jarrell, Delmore Schwartz, Sylvia Plath
  • Kirsch, Adam
2005
The author presents a collection of essays that examines the works of six poets including Robert Lowell, Elizabeth Bishop, John Berryman, Randall Jarrell, Delmore Schwartz, and Sylvia Plath, and discusses the major themes and techniques of each poet's work.

After confession

poetry as autobiography
  • Sontag, Kate
2001
Explores how poems have been used as autobiographies throughout time.
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