Interpersonal Lyric in Modern and Contemporary Anglophone Poetry

• Project/Area Number: 23K12129
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Basic Section 02030:English literature and literature in the English language-related
• Research Institution: Hosei University
• Principal Investigator: 田中 裕希 法政大学, 文学部, 講師 (60848399)
• Project Period (FY): 2023-04-01 – 2026-03-31
• Project Status: Granted (Fiscal Year 2023)
• Budget Amount: ¥2,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥510,000); Fiscal Year 2025: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000); Fiscal Year 2024: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000); Fiscal Year 2023: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
• Keywords: Lyric poetry / Self / Others / Lyric theory / Genre

Outline of Research at the Start

My research will explore the role of others in lyric poetry in English, the genre that has traditionally focused on the solitary self. I will theorize what I call “interpersonal lyric” by analyzing five Anglophone poets drawn from modernism, mid-century, and contemporary literature.