The Art of Confession : : The Performance of Self from Robert Lowell to Reality TV / / Christopher Grobe.
The story of a new style of art—and a new way of life—in postwar America: confessionalism. What do midcentury “confessional” poets have in common with today’s reality TV stars? They share an inexplicable urge to make their lives an open book, and also a sense that this book can never be finished. Ch...
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