Creating Another Self: Voice in Modern American Personal Poetry, 2nd Edition

by Samuel Maio

In this expanded and updated volume, Samuel Maio is definitive and comprehensive in his discussion of American personal poetry. While broadening the concept of persona to include the first-person speaker, he analyzes representative poets categorized by the aesthetics of voice, demonstrating these poets’ far-reaching influence into the 21st century.

352 pages, Paperback

First published December 28, 1995

Reviews

[Jake Stewart · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great criticism on modern poets and poetry. I feel it has made me a better poet for having read it.