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- Title
Confessionalism: Recent Trends in American Poetry.
- Authors
Barathi, S.
- Abstract
American poetry originated in the United States differs from British poetry mainly due to America's multicultural tradition. In other words, it is the verse written in altered form of English. American poets open their own personal faults and frailties, their private histories and intimate experiences for close examination by the readers of their poetry. Twentieth century America apparently witnessed a tremendous change in literary field especially in the field of poetry. For the first time in the literary history, poets shared their personal experiences in their poems. This is something new to the postmodern readers. Poets like Robert Lowell, W. D. Snodgrass, Randal Jarrell, Sylvia Plath, Anne Sexton, Elizabeth Bishop, Sharon Olds and Marie Howe daringly exposed their own 'self' in their works. These poets developed their unique styles drawing on transcending but stretch out to new domains with a distinctively contemporary flavor. The works of these writers are termed as "confessional" as their works mainly focus on their personal pain and agonies. The present paper aims at giving a clear-cut view on the beginnings of the confessional school of poetry in American Poetry. In addition, the paper deals with the major changes made in this school and some of the famous confessional poets in America from the past to present. Along with that, the article focuses on the changes present in the confessional poetry in the recent years.
- Subjects
UNITED States; AMERICAN poetry; AMERICAN literature; MULTICULTURALISM; CONFESSIONAL poetry; SEXTON, Anne, 1928-1974
- Publication
Labyrinth: An International Refereed Journal of Postmodern Studies, 2012, Vol 3, Issue 3, p101
- ISSN
0976-0814
- Publication type
Article