American Literature / Unit 17 AML 1615 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Bishop's Reticence Against Lowell's Disclosure
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The idea
The witness places Bishop with Marianne Moore in a cool female tradition going back to Emily Dickinson, against the hot poems of Plath, Sexton and Rich. Bishop describes an object until the feeling emerges; the confessional poets state the feeling and let it drive the poem.
In practice
Cool description against hot statement.
Where people slip
Cool and hot are the witness's terms.
Your place on the trail
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