TY - BOOK AU - Doreski,Carole TI - Elizabeth Bishop: the restraints of language SN - 1423735595 AV - PS3503.I785 Z635 1993eb U1 - 811/.52 20 PY - 1993/// CY - New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - Bishop, Elizabeth, KW - American literature KW - Littérature américaine KW - POETRY KW - American KW - General KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - English poetry KW - United States KW - Electronic books KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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 N2 - 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 UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=143819 ER -