"Antigonish" Or "The Man Who Wasn’t There" by Hughes Mearns
A short, haunting lyric in which the speaker recounts repeatedly encountering—and never quite being able to find—a man who seems to exist only as an absence; through simple, rhythmic language and a playful, childlike voice the piece probes the uncanny tension between imagination and reality, exploring how a persistent, unseen presence can both amuse and unsettle while asking what it means to perceive something that may not be there.
- Published
- 1899
- Nationality
- American
- Length
- Very Short
- Pages
- 1
- Original Language
- English
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- Alternate Titles
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- The Little Man Who Wasn’t There
- The Man Who Wasn’t There
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