Open AccessThe Lyrical Object in Elizabeth Bishop’s Poetry
Author(s) -
Axel Nesme
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
e-rea
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1638-1718
DOI - 10.4000/erea.434
Subject(s) - foregrounding , lyricism , poetry , object (grammar) , subjectivity , expression (computer science) , ballad , literature , philosophy , art , linguistics , epistemology , computer science , programming language
“Emotion is essential,” Bishop once explained in an interview. “The only question is in what form. I am at work on a villanelle that is pure emotion.” (Monteiro 66) Ever since Wordsworth’s preface to Lyrical Ballads, the expression of personal emotion has been one of the most hackneyed features of poetic lyricism. It might well be, however, that emotion does not necessarily presuppose a foregrounding of lyrical subjectivity. Instead, by examining the function of “the lyrical object” in this d..