Confessionalism

On the Bias Against Narrative Poetry

by Joe Weil Poetry
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Many young poets can not accept that telling a story, or relating some sort of narrative arc is conducive to the highest aims of poetry.

Tagged as: bias, character, checkhov, Cleanth Brooks, confessional, Confessionalism, Emily Dickinson, Hart Crane, John Asbhery, mustard scansions of the eyes, narrative poetry, plot

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Lowell’s Bedlam: M G Stephens

by M G Stephens Book Reviews
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Alfred Corn’s play gives us an inner portrait of Robert Lowell that is not found in either the biography or the poetry itself.

Tagged as: Alfred Corn, bipolar, Confessionalism, Elizabeth Bishop, Elizabeth Hardwick, John McCullough, Leonie Scott-Matthews, Lowell’s Bedlam, M G Stephens, manic depression, Pentameters Theatre, Pitney Akins, Robert Lowell, The Horseshoe

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Literary Movements: Insider as Outsider and Token Renegade

by Joe Weil Academia
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When gaining a foothold among the establishment, it is important the so called “outsiders” or mavericks have a figure fully anchored within the establishment who can be “acceptable.”

Tagged as: Allen Tate, Black Mountain, Confessionalism, Deep Image, Ezra Pound, Gender, imagists, John Crowe Ransom, L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E, Merwin, New York School, Objectivist, Outsider, Queer, Randal Jarrell, Renegade, Robert Bly, Robert Lowell, Robert Penn Warren, slam, Socialist, Surrealists, Token, William Carlos Williams

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