Postmodern rendition of myth in Ashbery's ‘Syringa’

Postmodern poetry revisits the traditions and subjects myth and history to drastic experimentations. The present paper reacts to Ashbery's postmodern rendition of the myth of Orpheus in his poem ‘Syringa’ (Ashbery, 1985). He dismantles and opposes the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice and disrupts...

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Published in:	Acta Scientiarum: Language and Culture
Main Authors:	Roghayeh Farsi, Sima Nowroozi
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Universidade Estadual de Maringá 2022-03-01
Subjects:	Ashbery; opposition; myth; Orpheus; ‘Syringa’; postmodern
Online Access:	https://periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciLangCult/article/view/56365

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