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The poetics of enclosure : American women poets from Dickinson to Dove
- Title
- The poetics of enclosure : American women poets from Dickinson to Dove / Lesley Wheeler.
- Author
- Wheeler, Lesley, 1967-
- Publication
- Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, ©2002.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | PS147 .W47 2002 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- x, 201 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- "In this critical study, Lesley Wheeler argues for a women's tradition in American lyric poetry characterized by figures of enclosure. She examines how six dissimilar yet interconnected poets employ this idiom: Emily Dickinson, Marianne Moore, H.D., Gwendolyn Brooks, Elizabeth Bishop, and Rita Dove."--Jacket.
- Subject
- American poetry > Women authors > History and criticism
- Women and literature > United States
- American poetry > History and criticism
- American literature > Women authors > History and criticism
- American poetry
- American literature > Women authors
- American poetry > Women authors
- Women and literature
- Frauenlyrik
- Raum Motiv
- Women and literature > United States > History
- Geschichte 1850-2000
- United States
- USA
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [168]-183) and index.
- Contents
- Emily Dickinson's fairer houses -- Marianne Moore: freedom and protection -- H.D.: smothered in wool -- Gwendolyn Brooks: heralding the clear obscure -- Elizabeth Bishop's inscrutable houses -- Rita Dove: the house expands.
- ISBN
- 1572331976
- 9781572331976
- LCCN
- 2002003608
- OCLC
- ocm49320330
- 49320330
- SCSB-1260491
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library