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Hiddenness, Uncertainty, Surprise

Three Generative Energies of Poetry

by Jane Hirshfield

LecturesAmerican lecturesPoetryPoeticsPoetry (poetic works by one author)History and criticismUncertainty in literatureSurprise in literature

In her three lectures, Hirshfield examines the roles of hiddenness, uncertainty and surprise as they appear in poetry and other works of literature, in the life and psyche of the writer, and in the broader life of the culture as a whole.

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