The Plural of Us Poetry and Community in Auden and Others |
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| Author:
| Costello, Bonnie |
| ISBN: | 978-0-691-20290-7 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2020 |
| Publisher: | Princeton University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $62.99 |
Book Description:
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The Plural of Us is the first book to focus on the poet's use of the first-person plural voice-poetry's "we." Closely exploring the work of W. H. Auden, Bonnie Costello uncovers the trove of thought and feeling carried in this small word. While lyric has long been associated with inwardness and a voice saying "I," "we" has hardly been noticed, even
The Plural of Us is the first book to focus on the poet's use of the first-person plural voice-poetry's "we." Closely exploring the work of W. H. Auden, Bonnie Costello uncovers the trove of thought and feeling carried in this small word. While lyric has long been associated with inwardness and a voice saying "I," "we" has hardly been noticed, even