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Trauma "Beneath a Big Black Wave": Self and History in Elizabeth Bishop's "In the Waiting Room"

Panel: 
Poetry and Poetics II: Oceania
Abstract: 

This paper situates Bishop’s "In the Waiting Room" in the context of World War I and the poet's queasy transition from Nova Scotia to America. Troubling the facts, it re-historicizes a poem of borderline experience typically read as introspective.

Presenter Information
First Name: 
Julie
Last Name: 
Cline
Institution: 
University of California, Riverside