The Wounded Surgeon: Confession and Transformation in Six American Poets is a book by Adam Kirsch, published in 2005 by W. W. Norton & Company (ISBN 978-0393051971). The book considers in turn the work of six poets whose work has often been labelled 'confessional': Robert Lowell, Elizabeth Bishop, John Berryman, Randall Jarrell, Delmore Schwartz and Sylvia Plath. Kirsch has set out to write "a brief biography of their poetry",[1] and attempts to demonstrate that the metaphor of confession has led to a misunderstanding of their work, in particular by doing a disservice to the technique and craft that the writers brought to bear to fashion works of art.[2][3][4][5]
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| Author | Adam Kirsch |
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| Language | English |
| Subject | Literary criticism |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Publisher | W. W. Norton & Company |
Publication date | 2005 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| ISBN | 978-0-393-05197-1 |
| OCLC | 57168247 |
| LC Class | PS310.C65 K57 2005 |
References
edit- ^ TWS page xi
- ^ Lewis, Alison M. (2005-05-01). "The Wounded Surgeon: Confession and Transformation in Six American Poets". Library Journal. 130 (8): 84–84.
- ^ "THE WOUNDED SURGEON: Confession and Transformation in Six American Poets: Robert Lowell, Elizabeth Bishop, John Berryman, Randall Jarrell, Delmore Schwartz, Sylvia Plath". Publishers Weekly. 252 (9): 56–56. 2005-02-28.
- ^ "THE WOUNDED SURGEON: Confession and Transformation in Six American Poets". Kirkus Reviews. 73 (2): 102–102. 2005-01-15.
- ^ Palattella, John (2005-07-18). "Prosaic Judgments". Nation. 281 (3): 32–36.
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