Mirrors of Entrapment and Emancipation Forugh Farrokhzad and Sylvia Plath |
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| Author:
| Rahimi Bahmany, Leila |
| Series title: | Leiden University Press - Iranian Studies Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-90-8728-223-3 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2015 |
| Publisher: | Amsterdam University Press
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| Imprint: | Leiden University Press |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $85.00 |
Book Description:
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Images of mirrors and reflection have long played a substantial role in literature by women, used to convey ineffable psychological states, the countless images that define and complicate women's lives, and much more. In
Mirrors of Entrapment and Emancipation, Leila Rahimi Bahmany focuses in particular on the work of two major women writers, Persian poet Forugh Farrokhzad (1935-67) and the American Sylvia Plath (1932-63), exploring the various ways that these two artists...
More DescriptionImages of mirrors and reflection have long played a substantial role in literature by women, used to convey ineffable psychological states, the countless images that define and complicate women's lives, and much more. In Mirrors of Entrapment and Emancipation, Leila Rahimi Bahmany focuses in particular on the work of two major women writers, Persian poet Forugh Farrokhzad (1935-67) and the American Sylvia Plath (1932-63), exploring the various ways that these two artists deployed mirrors and reflections as sites of entrapment or emancipation.