Elizabeth Bishop: The Restraints of Language

by C.K. Doreski

This illuminating study examines Elizabeth Bishop's rhetorical strategies and the way they shape the formal and thematic movements of her poetry and stories. Unlike other recent studies of Bishop, Doreski's does not concern itself primarily with her visual imagery, but rather deals with her poetry as a series of linguistic strategies designed to create the maximum illusion of representation while resisting the romantic devices of self-revelation and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195079663
• ISBN13: 9780195079661
• Release Date: May 1993
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.7" x 9.0"