Description:This collection of 16 essays discusses the broad relationship of women poets to the American literary traditionThis collection of sixteen essays helps bring light to questions central to feminist criticism of poetry: How have women achieved distinction as poets in a tradition scarce in exemplary women? How does their poetry derive from specifically female experience in our polarized gender system?Coming to Light considers the work of Elizabeth Bishop, Louise Bogan, Lucille Clifton, H.D., Denise Levertov, Mina Loy, Marianne Moore, Sylvia Plath, Adrienne Rich, Anne Sexton, and Native American poets, as well as the broad relationship of women poets to American literary tradition.“An extremely important book, both in illuminating feminist poetics and in providing a historical overview of women poets in the 20th century – from Mina Loy’s revolutionary erotic free verse to Anne Sexton’s ironic restructuring of myth in her Transformations… A feast of information and insight.”– ChoiceWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Coming to Light: American Women Poets in the Twentieth Century (Women And Culture Series). To get started finding Coming to Light: American Women Poets in the Twentieth Century (Women And Culture Series), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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Coming to Light: American Women Poets in the Twentieth Century (Women And Culture Series)
Description: This collection of 16 essays discusses the broad relationship of women poets to the American literary traditionThis collection of sixteen essays helps bring light to questions central to feminist criticism of poetry: How have women achieved distinction as poets in a tradition scarce in exemplary women? How does their poetry derive from specifically female experience in our polarized gender system?Coming to Light considers the work of Elizabeth Bishop, Louise Bogan, Lucille Clifton, H.D., Denise Levertov, Mina Loy, Marianne Moore, Sylvia Plath, Adrienne Rich, Anne Sexton, and Native American poets, as well as the broad relationship of women poets to American literary tradition.“An extremely important book, both in illuminating feminist poetics and in providing a historical overview of women poets in the 20th century – from Mina Loy’s revolutionary erotic free verse to Anne Sexton’s ironic restructuring of myth in her Transformations… A feast of information and insight.”– ChoiceWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Coming to Light: American Women Poets in the Twentieth Century (Women And Culture Series). To get started finding Coming to Light: American Women Poets in the Twentieth Century (Women And Culture Series), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.