BIBFRAME Work

Title

Skepticism and impersonality in modern poetry

Type

• Monograph
• Text

Contribution

• Adams, V. Joshua (author )

Subject

• Poetry, Modern--History and criticism (LCSH)
• Skepticism in literature (LCSH)
• Impersonation in literature (LCSH)
• Literature--Philosophy (LCSH)

Language

• English

Classification

• LCC: PN1271 (Assigner: dlc) (Status: used by assigner)
• DDC: 809.1/04 (Assigner: dlc)

Content

• text

Supplementary content

• bibliography
• index

Summary

"V. Joshua Adams traces the history of impersonality in modern poetry from Mallarmé and Eliot through to the present, engaging with work by W.R. Johnson, Maud Ellman, and Sharon Cameron. Defending impersonality as a response to skeptical problems, Adams uses what he terms "experiments in impersonality" to answer the skeptic's wish. His account of impersonality promises a new theoretical justification for our practical interest in literary texts and promises to renovate our conception of how poems might do philosophical work, as well as our sense of what a philosophical poem can be"-- Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

Emily Dickinson's "it" : privacy and non-conceptual content -- T.S. Eliot and other minds -- Impersonality as anti-philosophy in Monsieur Teste -- Elizabeth Bishop, dramatic monologue, and the art of impersonating yourself -- No puzzle : the self in James Merrill's "Lost in translation".

Authorized Access Point

Adams, V. Joshua. Skepticism and impersonality in modern poetry

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• Date: 2026-09-11T21:47:09.262323+00:00
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