
Shane McCrae Discusses “Jim Limber in Heaven”
The New Yorker: Poetry
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Exploring Influence of Poetic Persona and Gothic Sensibility
The chapter delves into discussions about poetic influences, referencing Barry Min's dream songs and exploring parallels between different versions of poetic personas. It also examines the gothic quality in literature, reflecting on themes of death, nation, and the disintegration of the body, and how this relates to the evolving concept of mortality throughout different literary eras.
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