The Plural of Us : : Poetry and Community in Auden and Others / / Bonnie Costello.
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 vo...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2017] ©2018 |
| Year of Publication: | 2017 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (272 p.) :; 1 halftone. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Speaking of Us
- 2. The Demagogue and the Sotto Voce
- 3. Song of My Selves
- 4. Private Stuff and Public Spirit
- 5. Tribes and Ambiguities
- 6. Poet and Audience
- 7. Crowds, Publics, Congregations
- 8. Invitations to the Common
- 9. The Future of Us
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index