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Paul Muldoon: O sobie samym zwielokrotnionym
Paul Muldoon: About his multiplied self

Author(s): Wit Pietrzak
Subject(s): Language studies, Studies of Literature, Theory of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: Paul Muldoon; English-speaking poetry; intertextuality; autobiographism;

Summary/Abstract: This article discusses, in particular, two poems by Paul Muldoon, included in his latest collection entitled One Thousand Things Worth Knowing (2015) – Paul Muldoon: Pompeii and Cuba (2). In the course of analysis, some dominating motifs within Muldoon’s literature are indicated, together with the methods he uses to incorporate them into his various poems and narrative poetry. In consequence, the key aspects of his poetry are emphasised – deliberations upon identity and autobiography, reflections on the place of the poem in the world and the poet’s responsibility towards the society he originates from.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 5
  • Page Range: 269-282
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish