American Literature / Unit 17 AML 1611 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Anne Sexton and the Confessional Company
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The idea
Sexton attended Lowell's class beside Plath. The witness says her poetry is more autobiographical than Plath's and less crafted, but appeals powerfully to the emotions, thrusting taboo subjects into focus: childbearing, the female body, and marriage seen from a woman's side.
In practice
Taboo subjects, brought into close focus.
Where people slip
Berryman's Dream Songs belong to this company.
Your place on the trail
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Builds on
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