Charles Reznikoff and the Rhetoric of Witnessing through Silence
Charles Reznikoff and the Rhetoric of Witnessing through Silence

Summary/Abstract: The article considers the poetry of Objectivist poet Charles Reznikoff as informed by the frequent use of rhetoric of silence. The analysis is two-fold: first, it explains the two theoretical key terms, sincerity and objectification, as distinct features of the Objectivist verse, which are crucial in the thematic framework of the analysis, and, second, it gives examples of the practical use thereof by Reznikoff, who is viewed as the poet-witness.

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