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1. Mikhail Bakhtin and the social poetics of dialect.

Author

Wesling, Donald

Subjects
*POETRY (Literary form), *CRITICISM
Abstract

Connects Mikhail Bakhtin's philosophy of social heteroglossia to the centrifugal, entropic energies of dialect writing. Inhabiting others' speech and actual sound; Issue of rhythmic phrasing and intonation; Interorientation of languages and co-presence of idioms as artistic search for dialectalisms.

Published
1993

2. Ashbery's `Self-Portrait'.

Author

Looper, Travis

Subjects
*POETRY (Literary form), *CRITICISM
Abstract

The article offers criticism on the poem "Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror" by John Ashberry. The author looks at the symbols and linguistic technique in the poem and the depiction of the poetic person. The article also discusses the attempts for transcending textual limitations and the reconsideration of the possibility of otherness.

Published
1992