The art of confession : the performance of self from Robert Lowell to reality TV / Christopher Grobe.
The story of a new style of art--and a new way of life--in postwar America: confessionalism. What do midcentury "confessional" poets have in common with today's reality TV stars? They share an inexplicable urge to make their lives an open book, and also a sense that this book can neve...
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| Language: | English |
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New York University Press,
[2017]
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| Series: | Performance and American cultures.
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Table of Contents:
- The breath of a poem: confessional print/performance circa 1959
- Self-consciousness raising: the style of self-performance in the 1970s
- Just talk: writing, media, and confessional monologue in the 1980s
- Broadcast yourself: the confessional performance of reality TV.