Shock Troupers: Browning, Bidart, and the Drama of Prosody
ArticleAuthor:Tucker, Herbert, Department of EnglishUniversity of Virginia
Abstract:
First, a trigger-alerted disclaimer. This paper on the role of shock in poetic innovation should acknowledge at the outset one conspicuous kind of shock that will be of only incidental concern. Ladies and gentlemen, your attention, please, to the following two exhibits. Prepare to avert your imagination as needed.
Keywords:
Robert Browning, Frank Bidart, shock, modern poetry, prosody, dramatic monologue
Robert Browning, Frank Bidart, shock, modern poetry, prosody, dramatic monologue
Rights:
All rights reserved (no additional license for public reuse)
All rights reserved (no additional license for public reuse)
Source Citation:
Tucker, Herbert. "Shock Troupers: Browning, Bidart, and the Drama of Prosody." The Wordsworth Circle (2016).
Publisher:
University of Virginia
University of Virginia
Published Date:
2016
2016
Notes:
This work has passed a peer-review process.
