Modern Confessional Writing: New Critical Essays

by Jo Gill

Book Overview

A comprehensive and scholarly account of this popular and influential genre, the essays in this collection explore confessional literature from the mid-twentieth century to the present day, and include the writing of John Berryman, Anne Sexton, Ted Hughes and Helen Fielding.

Drawing on a wide range of examples, the contributors to this volume evaluate and critique conventional readings of confessionalism. Orthodox, humanist notions...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415544149
• ISBN13: 9780415544146
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 198 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"