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John, Eileen (2013) Poetry and directions for thought. Philosophy and Literature, Volume 37 (Number 2). pp. 451-471. doi:10.1353/phl.2013.0029

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Abstract

Do poems provide “scripts” for reader’s thoughts? Kendall Walton’s account of poets as thoughtwriters, in which poems can serve to express readers’ thoughts without positing an expressive thinker in the poem, is considered from various angles. While it seems a minimal expressive thinker needs to be posited, this leaves open other questions about poems as the stuff of thought. Can poems be fully thought , and do readers take ownership of the thinking that poetry prompts? Elizabeth Bishop’s “At the Fishhouses” is discussed as a poem that allows the reader a chance to separate aspects of content and control of thought.

Item Type: Journal Article
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Philosophy
Journal or Publication Title: Philosophy and Literature
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
ISSN: 1086-329X
Official Date: 2013
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2013Published
Volume: Volume 37
Number: Number 2
Page Range: pp. 451-471
DOI: 10.1353/phl.2013.0029
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
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