| The Lesbian Muse and Poetic Identity, 1889-1930 Contributor(s): Parker, Sarah (Author) |
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ISBN: 1138662186 ISBN-13: 9781138662186 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $59.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Poetry - Poetry | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: 821.809 |
| Series: Gender and Genre |
| Physical Information: 0.49" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.73 lbs) 240 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Throughout history the poetic muse has tended to be (a passive) female and the poet male. This dynamic caused problems for late Victorian and twentieth-century women poets; how could the muse be reclaimed and moved on from the passive role of old? Parker looks at fin-de-si cle and modernist lyric poets to investigate how they overcame these challenges and identifies three key strategies: the reconfiguring of the muse as a contemporary instead of a historical/mythological figure; the muse as a male figure; and an interchangeable poet/muse relationship, granting agency to both. |