Poetics of the Feminine Authority and Literary Tradition in William Carlos Williams, Mina Loy, Denise Levertov, and Kathleen Fraser |
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| Author:
| Kinnahan, Linda A. |
| Series title: | Cambridge Studies in American Literature and Culture Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-10157-8 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2008 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $62.95 |
Book Description:
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This book examines the early work of William Carlos Williams in relationship to a woman's tradition of American poetry, as represented by Mina Loy, Denise Levertov and Kathleen Fraser - three generations of women poets working in or directly from a modernist tradition. Linda Kinnahan traces notions of the feminine and the maternal that develop as Williams seeks to create a modern poetics.
This book examines the early work of William Carlos Williams in relationship to a woman's tradition of American poetry, as represented by Mina Loy, Denise Levertov and Kathleen Fraser - three generations of women poets working in or directly from a modernist tradition. Linda Kinnahan traces notions of the feminine and the maternal that develop as Williams seeks to create a modern poetics.