. . . "The Muse of Abandonment examines personal and cultural forms of abandonment in the poetry of Charles Wright, Russell Edson, Jean Valentine, James Tate, and Louise Gluck. These poets register the tremors of the post-modern exhaustion of universals and a conflicted desire for authenticating presences. The first book to study these poets as members of a generation, The Muse of Abandonment analyses the poets' recasting of confessional and surrealistic legacies and discusses their reflections on coercion of thought and behavior, and an atmosphere in contemporary culture that would trivialize private sensibility." . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "The muse of abandonment : origin, identity, mastery in five American poets" . . . . . . . . . . "The muse of abandonment origin, identity, mastery, in five American poets"@en . . . . . . . "The muse of abandonment : origin, identity, mastery, in five American poets" . . . . . . "Criticism, interpretation, etc"@en . "Criticism, interpretation, etc" . . . . . "Identität." . . "Pouvoir (sciences sociales) Dans la littérature." . . "Entfremdung Motiv Lyrik amerikanische." . . "Entfremdung." . . . . "Valentine, Jean Criticism and interpretation." . . "Poésie américaine 20e siècle Thèmes, motifs." . . "Frihet i litteraturen." . . "Lyrik amerikanische Motiv Identität." . . "Identität Motiv Lyrik amerikanische." . . "Främlingskap i litteraturen." . . "Lyrik amerikanische Motiv Entfremdung." . . "Aliénation sociale Dans la littérature." . . "Edson, Russell Criticism and interpretation." . . "Identité (psychologie) Dans la littérature." . . "Identitet (psykologi i litteraturen." . .