The Poetry of American Women from 1632 to 1945
Autor Emily Stipes Wattsen Limba Engleză Paperback – mar 1977
Emily Stipes Watts does not imply that the work of American men and that of American women are two different kinds of poetry, although they have been treated as such in the past. It is her aim, rather, to delineate and define the poetic tradition of women as crucial to the understanding of American poetry as a whole.
By 1850, American women of all colors, religions, and social classes were writing and publishing poetry. Within the critical category of "female poetry," developed from 1800 to 1850, these women experimented boldly and prepared the way for the achievement of such women as Emily Dickinson in the second half of the nineteenth century. Indeed at times—for example from 1860 through 1910—it was women who were at the outer edge of prosodic experimentation and innovation in American poetry.
Moving chronologically, Professor Watts broadly characterizes the state of American poetry for each period, citing the dominant male poets; she then focuses on women contemporaries, singling out and analyzing their best work. This volume not only brings to light several important women poets but also represents the discovery of a tradition of women writers. This is a unique and invaluable contribution to the history of American literature.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780292764507
ISBN-10: 0292764502
Pagini: 234
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Ediția:Revised
Editura: University of Texas Press
Colecția University of Texas Press
ISBN-10: 0292764502
Pagini: 234
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Ediția:Revised
Editura: University of Texas Press
Colecția University of Texas Press
Notă biografică
Emily Stipes Watts is Emeritus Professor of English at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Cuprins
- Preface
- Introduction
- Chapter One. 1632–1758: Anne Dudley Bradstreet and the Other Puritan Poets
- Chapter Two. 1735–1804: Another Kind of Independence
- Chapter Three. 1800–1850: The Rise of Female Poetry
- Chapter Four. 1800–1850: Sigourney, Smith, and Osgood
- Chapter Five. 1850–1900: Refinement and Achievement
- Chapter Six. 1900–1945: A Rose Is a Rose with Thorns
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Descriere
This volume not only brings to light several important women poets but also represents the discovery of a tradition of women writers.