From Exile to Affirmation: The Poetry of Joseph Brodsky

This article examines the relation between the exile of the poet from his homeland and the "exile of the word." The notion of the exile of the word pertains to the poet's problem of re-introducing meaning to the word—an excess of meaning that conveys more than the word can normally co...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: David Patterson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: New Prairie Press 1993-06-01
Series:Studies in 20th & 21st Century Literature
Online Access:http://newprairiepress.org/sttcl/vol17/iss2/12