Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction 1
4. 1 You Ought to Be Ashamed (but Aren’t): Elizabeth Bishop and the Subject of Lyric 42
5. 2. Something for Someone: Anne Sexton, Interpretation, and the Shame of the Confessional 98
6. 3. “Speaking in Effect”: Identifying (with) Bernadette Mayer’s Shamed Expressive Practice 154
7. 4. Tired of Myself: Th e 1990s and the “Lyric Shame” Poem 210
8. Afterword 265
9. Notes 273
10. Acknowledgments 329
11. Credits 333
12. Index 337