Changing subjects [electronic resource] : digressions in modern American poetry / Srikanth Reddy. Reddy, Srikanth, 1973- Moore, Marianne, 1887-1972 Criticism and interpretation. Hejinian, Lyn Criticism and interpretation. Ashbery, John, 1927- Criticism and interpretation. Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892 Influence. American poetry 20th century History and criticism. Digression (Rhetoric) in literature. Poetics. PS323.5 .R43 2012 811.509 23 Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on July 9, 2012). 'Changing Subjects' contends that major American poets-such as Walt Whitman, Wallace Stevens, John Ashbery, and Lyn Hejinian-transformed verse and even changed conceptions of modern subjectivity by exploiting an ordinary rhetorical device ubiquitous in spoken language: the digression. New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012. 2012. 2012 Text 1 online resource. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199791026.001.0001 eng