A study of John Berryman's poetic devices and handling of voice.
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Title
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A study of John Berryman's poetic devices and handling of voice.
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Identifier
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AAI9605587
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identifier
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9605587
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Creator
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de Vasconcelos, Maria do Carmo.
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Contributor
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Adviser: Herbert Leibowitz
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Date
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1995
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Literature, American | Literature, Modern
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Abstract
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This is a study of "John Berryman's Poetic Devices and Handling of Voice," which originated in opposition to the misleading label "confessional" for all of Berryman's poetry. My work presents a close reading of some poems in the volumes Poems, The Dispossessed, Sonnets to Chris and Homage to Mistress Bradstreet. In my conclusion, I have given a brief analysis of the way The Dream Songs fit into the pattern of Berryman's work.;According to my study, the designation "confessional" for Berryman's work is incorrect since it does not reflect the poet's different modes of presentation. The objective, self-detached, literary mode is already found in the work of his teens and even beyond the reach of his conscious memory.;Although spiritual, family, social and intellectual situations in Berryman's childhood and young manhood seem to inform his outlook and his poetics, these experiences are presented with impersonality. Berryman's poetry is the sum of complex, contestatory views. Their meaning is always plural, equivocal. Their impreciseness is caused by the waywardness and the unfamiliar private references in the poems.;In my reading of the poems, I concentrate on the way Berryman's poetic devices and his handling of voices conceal and reveal the personal.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
