Overheard Voices

<em>Overheard Voices</em> examines poetic address and in particular apostrophe (the address of absent or inanimate others) in the work of four post-World War II American poets with a focus on loss desire figuration audience and subjectivity. By approaching these crucial issues from an unexpected angle--through a study of the seldom-examined lyric you--<em>Overheard Voices</em> offers new insight into both contemporary lyric and the lyric genre more generally. The book offers detailed readings of Sylvia Plath James Merrill Louise Glück and Frank Bidart.