Elizabeth Bishop : the restraints of language / C.K. Doreski.

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Doreski, Carole

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Oxford University Press, 1993.Description: 1 online resource (180 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

1423735595
9781423735595
1601299117
9781601299116
9780195079661
0195079663
1280443251
9781280443251

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Elizabeth Bishop.DDC classification:

811/.52 20

LOC classification:

PS3503.I785 Z635 1993eb

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Contents:

A Note on References; Introduction: The Restraints of Language; 1 Deconstructing Images; 2 Romantic Rhetorics; 3 The Absent Mother; 4 The Childish Dusk; 5 Native Knowledge; 6 Crusoe at Home; Conclusion: "The End of March"; Notes; Works Cited; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W; Y.

Summary: This illuminating study examines Elizabeth Bishop's rhetorical strategies and the way they shape the formal and thematic movements of her poetry and stories. Unlike other recent studies of Bishop, Doreski's does not concern itself primarily with her visual imagery, but rather deals with her poetry as a series of linguistic strategies designed to create the maximum illusion of representation while resisting the romantic devices of self-revelation and solipsistic narration. Doreski argues that Bishop takes advantage of the inadequacies of language, and with a postmodern sense of limitation explo.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

This illuminating study examines Elizabeth Bishop's rhetorical strategies and the way they shape the formal and thematic movements of her poetry and stories. Unlike other recent studies of Bishop, Doreski's does not concern itself primarily with her visual imagery, but rather deals with her poetry as a series of linguistic strategies designed to create the maximum illusion of representation while resisting the romantic devices of self-revelation and solipsistic narration. Doreski argues that Bishop takes advantage of the inadequacies of language, and with a postmodern sense of limitation explo.

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