Mutual implications : otherness in theory and John Berryman's poetry of loss

Mutual Implications: Otherness in Theory and John Berryman's Poetry of Loss examines how a dialogue between poetry and critical theory can disrupt our expectations on how we read theory and interpret poetry. Instead of viewing theory as the object and poetry as the subject of study, this thesis focuses on the otherness of both poetical and theoretical language, that is, what remains unaccounted for in each mode of language. By problematizing the idea of poetical and theoretical origins, the