Poetics of Desire Essays on Dorothy Livesay |
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| Author:
| McInnis, Nadine |
| ISBN: | 978-0-88801-181-7 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 1997 |
| Publisher: | Turnstone Press Canada
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $10.95 |
Book Description:
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In this study of Dorothy Livesay's love poetry, Nadine McInnis focuses on Livesay's maturing sense of herself as an artist, exploring the sexual/ textual conflicts present in much of Livesay's love poetry and their later resolution."McInnis is an important young poet. Poetics of Desire is a perceptive and persuasive account of Livesay's lifelong poetic struggle with the personal and social implications of love."--David Staines, Editor, Journal of Canadian Poetry
In this study of Dorothy Livesay's love poetry, Nadine McInnis focuses on Livesay's maturing sense of herself as an artist, exploring the sexual/ textual conflicts present in much of Livesay's love poetry and their later resolution."McInnis is an important young poet. Poetics of Desire is a perceptive and persuasive account of Livesay's lifelong poetic struggle with the personal and social implications of love."--David Staines, Editor, Journal of Canadian Poetry