Masks Outrageous and Austere: Culture, Psyche, and Persona in Modern Women Poets

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Indiana University Press, 1991 - American poetry - 221 pages

"[Walker's] well-focused, clearly written essays demonstrate the conformity and the challenges to conventional expectations defining 'women poets.' Walker's work makes a significant contribution to an often neglected area of American literary history." --Library Journal

"Based on close reading and explication of the texts, Walker brings fresh insights to each poet." --Choice

"... Walker has devised an original analysis that puts a new spin on the works and lives of these poets." --New Directions for Women

Concentrating on Amy Lowell, Sara Teasdale, Elinor Wylie, H.D., Edna St. Vincent Millay, and Louise Bogan, Walker analyzes the highly stylized self-images--from Lowell's androgyne to Millay's body-conscious romantic--projected by these women who attempted to renegotiate the terms upon which they could function successfully as poets.

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WOMEN AND FEMININE LITERARY TRADITIONS
16
WOMEN AND SELFHOOD
44
WOMEN AND AGGRESSION
67
Copyright

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Cheryl Walker
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TitleMasks Outrageous and Austere: Culture, Psyche, and Persona in Modern Women Poets
Literature - women's studies
Volume 666 of MB Midland Book
AuthorCheryl Walker
Editionillustrated
PublisherIndiana University Press, 1991
Original fromthe University of California
Digitized12 Jun 2008
ISBN0253206669, 9780253206664
Length221 pages
  
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