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Poetics

mid-twentieth-century poetry that presents the poet's private life, mental suffering and family in direct autobiographical terms.

In poetics, confessional poetry refers to mid-twentieth-century poetry that presents the poet's private life, mental suffering and family in direct autobiographical terms. This meaning comes from Rosenthal (1960) in The modern poets.[1]

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Rosenthal, M. L. (1960). The modern poets. Oxford University Press, USA. ISBN 9780195007183

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