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Book SynopsisThis guide examines the production and reception of poetry by a range of women writers - predominantly although not exclusively writing in English - from Sappho through Anne Bradstreet and Emily Bronte to Sylvia Plath, Eavan Boland and Susan Howe.
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments; Chronology; Preface; Introduction:; A Feminist Framework; Critical Perspectives; Anthologies; Readers and Writers; Androgyny; Chapter 1: Self-Reflexivity; Poetic Daring; Poetic Inspiration; Poetic Relationships; Poetic Form; A Theory of Self-Reflexivity; Chapter 2: Performance; Self Exposure; Theatrics; Role-Play; Slam Poetry; Chapter 3: Private Voices; Separate Spheres; The Lyric; Poetic Convention; Privacy in History; 'I could not find a privacy': Emily Dickinson; Chapter 4: Embodied Language; Objects / Subjects; Writing the Body; Desire: Christina Rossetti; Creativity and Femininity; Chapter 5: Public Speech; Authority; The Romantic Movement; Oppression; War; Speech; Chapter 6: Poetry and Place; Borders; Borderland Britain; Specificities of Place: Elizabeth Bishop; Chapter 7: Experimentation and Form; Mythology and Fairytale; Modernist Experimentation: Marianne Moore; Contemporary Avant-Garde Poetics; Conclusion; Student Resources:; Critical Contexts; Studying Poetry; Close Reading; Writing about Poetry; Web Resources; Glossary; Guide to Further Reading; Index.
