
The Syntax of Things: A (Re)Examination of Cummings’s Anti-intellectual Bias
Author(s) -
Kristen Leatherwood
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
e-rea
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1638-1718
DOI - 10.4000/erea.184
Subject(s) - biography , objectivity (philosophy) , clarity , poetry , confusion , literature , syntax , philosophy , statement (logic) , linguistics , art , psychoanalysis , epistemology , psychology , chemistry , biochemistry
Jean Garrigue’s statement that “every line a poet writes is autobiographical” may initially cause some confusion, since poetry often lacks objectivity and clarity—two seemingly necessary qualities for autobiography; but many prose autobiographies have proven that neither characteristic is necessary to meet the definition for autobiography. Often how an author writes indicates much about what that writer wants to express; thus the choice of poetry for autobiography reveals something about that..