Jane Dowson, Alice Entwistle

A History of Twentieth-Century British Women's Poetry

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Produktbeschreibung

An invaluable and detailed critical analysis and record of a lively but undervalued literary community.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 404
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. August 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 653g
• ISBN-13: 9780521121415
• ISBN-10: 0521121418
• Artikelnr.: 27065107

Autorenporträt

Jane Dowson is Senior Lecturer in English at De Montfort University.
Alice Entwistle is Senior Lecturer in English at the University of the West of England, Bristol.

Inhaltsangabe

Chronology
Introduction
Part I. 1900-45: Overview
1. Lyrical androgyny: Alice Meynell, Frances Cornford, Vita Sackville-West and Elizabeth Daryush
2. A public voice: war, class and women's rights
3. Modernism, memory and masking: Mina Loy and Edith Sitwell
4. 'I will put myself, and everything I see, upon the page': Charlotte Mew, Sylvia Townsend Warner, Anna Wickham and the dramatic monologue
Part II. 1945-80: Overview
5. Stevie Smith
6. The post-war generation and the paradox of home
7. The poetry of consciousness-raising
8. Disruptive lyrics: Veronica Forrest-Thomson, Wendy Mulford and Denise Riley
Part III. 1980-2000: Overview
9. 'These parts': identity and place
10. Dialogic politics in Carol Ann Duffy and others
11. Postmodern transformations: science and myth
12. The renovated lyric: from Eavan Boland and Carol Rumens to Jackie Kay and the next generation.

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Chronology; Introduction ; Part I. 1900-45: Overview; 1. Lyrical androgyny: Alice Meynell, Frances Cornford, Vita Sackville-West and Elizabeth Daryush; 2. A public voice: war, class and women's rights; 3. Modernism, memory and masking: Mina Loy and Edith Sitwell; 4. 'I will put myself, and everything I see, upon the page': Charlotte Mew, Sylvia Townsend Warner, Anna Wickham and the dramatic monologue; Part II. 1945-80: Overview; 5. Stevie Smith; 6. The post-war generation and the paradox of home; 7. The poetry of consciousness-raising; 8. Disruptive lyrics: Veronica Forrest-Thomson, Wendy Mulford and Denise Riley; Part III. 1980-2000: Overview; 9. 'These parts': identity and place; 10. Dialogic politics in Carol Ann Duffy and others; 11. Postmodern transformations: science and myth; 12. The renovated lyric: from Eavan Boland and Carol Rumens to Jackie Kay and the next generation.

Rezensionen

"This is a commendable book and is scrupulously researched throughout. The extensive bibliograhpy alone will prove an invaluable resource to subsequent scholars." - William May, Balliol College, Oxford University